Now, look.... I'm actually a CPA, but don't judge me. I left that world many moons ago because I needed human interaction more than just 3 months out of the year. Having owned my own business for the last 11 years, I find myself hoping, yes even dreaming, that there is SOMEONE out there who has a state-of-the-art tax software and business management software package that provides the day-to-day necessities of:
- an income tracker
- expense analysis
- some form of app for receipt scanning/categorization
- budgeting functionality
- bank import and automatic expense categorization (so I don't have to do it)
Sounds like your standard, run-of-the-mill, "we're just like Quicken" accounting software, right? Here's the catch:
I want to push a button any day of the year and have my tax forms completed and tax liability estimated as if I were filing that day. I want a better way to estimate my business and personal tax liability WAY sooner than April 14 (yes, I'm a slacker, but according to my accountant, I'm not the worst of his clients, by far, although I find that hard to believe). I'd like to know in November or December if I need to make a sizable charitable contribution, or set more aside in my retirement account, or pay myself less of a salary, WITHOUT having to pay my accountant hundreds of dollars to do an estimated return.
Seems to me, with a few entries of personal information, and a downloadable update of the current year's tax forms when they are released, this should be a pretty pain-free button push.
Who knows of an amazing software like this? Who will save me from adding 370 gray hairs every April? Who will be my Batman today?
