A coffee cup and a closed laptop on a mint table, hot magenta dawn behind

Accounting and tax for freelancers and tiny companies.

JanDec
Scroll the year
$8,240
$9,200
Jan 15
A tear-off wall calendar on a magenta wall
JanuaryFirst invoice out. Paid in nine days.Balance $8,240

February23 invoices out

Tally chases the late ones so you never write that email.

Balance $12,960
A stack of blank receipts on a steel desk spike
MarchEvery receipt read the day you got it.Balance $19,480
A magenta shoebox overflowing with blank paper
AprilThe shoebox stays shut.Tax day: minus $14,440, paid in full and already set aside. Balance after: $12,870
A stack of mint envelopes tied with magenta string
MayBack to work, books already square.Balance $16,720

June40 seconds

Second estimate filed from your phone, on the way to lunch.

Balance $21,150
A mint desk fan against a magenta wall
JulySlow month. The numbers still come in.Balance $24,400
A striped mint and magenta beach towel on sand with black sunglasses
AugustYou are on a towel. Reminders go out anyway.Balance $22,880
A mint jar packed with sharp magenta pencils
SeptemberNew clients, new quotes, same login.Balance $28,990
A glossy mint pumpkin on a magenta desk
OctoberThird estimate. You did not notice.Balance $33,240

NovemberBest month yet

Tally spotted it first and moved a bit more to the tax pot.

Balance $37,760
A glossy magenta Christmas bauble on a mint desk
DecemberBooks closed before the party.Balance $41,950, with $13,900 set aside for next April
PaidInvoice 0001Oak & Ash Studio$1,850Paid in 9 days
ReceiptTrain to client
$38.20Filed: travel
PaidInvoice 0014Little Fern$3,400Paid in 6 days
FiledAnnual returnChecked by a person$14,440Paid on April 15
ReceiptCoworking, 6 days
$96.00Filed: office
PaidInvoice 0031Harbor Row$5,200Paid in 11 days
ReceiptDesk fan
$42.90Filed: equipment
SentInvoice 0038Reminder sent for you$2,750Due Friday
PaidInvoice 0044Ninefold$6,100Paid in 8 days
ReceiptCoffee, 14 client meetings
$61.60Filed: meals
PaidInvoice 0057Tidewater Labs$7,400Paid in 5 days
ReceiptOne bauble
$12.00Not deductible. Nice try.

The shoebox
is retired

$3,412found in one year of paper
TallyYour year, itemised
Photo in, deduction out
  • Train to client, Jan$38.20
  • Design software, 12 mo$636.00
  • Client lunch, Feb$54.10
  • Coworking, 41 days$656.00
  • Laptop stand$64.00
  • Domain and hosting$148.50
  • Desk fan, Jul$42.90
  • Phone, business share$312.00
  • Conference ticket$420.00
  • Pencils, a lot of them$18.40
  • Coffee, 14 meetings$61.60
  • Mileage, 1,902 mi$960.50
Found$3,412.20

Of every $100 you invoice

$58is actually yours
$24 tax

Moved to its own pot the second the invoice is paid.

$10 costs

Software, trains and the good coffee.

$8 pension

Future you is a client too.

9 days

Average time to get paid with Tally reminders.

2,100

Banks connected. Your feed is in before breakfast.

The other 364 days

Tax day is one day. Tally is built for all the ordinary ones in between.

3 hours

Until a real accountant answers your question.

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Spreadsheets. Export one if you miss them.

Tally. A month. Everything.

$24
Solo$24One person, unlimited invoices, all your filings.
Tiny company$49Up to five people, payroll and a named accountant.
Thirty days free

An app plus a bookkeeper, per year

$1,140

The usual accountant, per year

$3,600

$60,000: set aside 24% That is $1,200 a month, moved for you. An illustration, not tax advice.