Bookkeeping, tax and compliance on one general ledger
Inkle Books is the accounting platform Inkle built for US small businesses. Your transactions are categorized as they sync, reviewed by a dedicated bookkeeper, closed every month and carried straight into your tax returns. Most businesses split that work between a software vendor, a bookkeeper and a CPA. With Inkle, it is one ledger and one firm.
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Why Inkle Books is different from general-purpose accounting software
Most accounting software is designed for anyone to use. Inkle Books is designed for one purpose: books kept by professionals and carried directly into US tax and compliance filings. Every feature follows from that.
Your books, tax returns and compliance filings read from the same ledger, so nothing is re-entered or reconciled between firms.
Accrual entries, fixed assets, expense recognition, estimated tax and 1099 tracking are part of the platform, not add-ons.
A dedicated bookkeeper reviews the AI's categorization and closes your books each month.
Licensed tax experts and bookkeepers, reachable by chat, phone or Zoom, under a 24-hour response SLA.
What your bookkeeper does in Inkle Books each month
Inkle Books categorizes transactions with AI as they sync. Your bookkeeper reviews every one, asks you about anything unclear through Inkle Chat, and assigns Groups and Classes where you report by department, location or project.
Accounts connected through Mercury, Brex, Ramp, Stripe and more than 10,000 US banks are reconciled against their statements at every month-end.
Payroll, accruals, depreciation through Fixed Assets and prepaid expenses through Expense Recognition are recorded inside the platform, so your books follow accrual accounting without spreadsheets on the side.
Your profit and loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement are live in Inkle Books at all times. After each close, your bookkeeper confirms them and walks you through them on a monthly review call.
Invoices you send and vendor bills you receive are tracked on the same platform, so receivables and payables are current at every close.
1099 vendors are identified in Inkle Books throughout the year and filed through Inkle Tax. Your closed books go directly into expert-reviewed federal and state returns, with no export in between.
Onboarding begins with a single call
We review your accounts, current software, monthly transaction volume and any backlog, then recommend a plan.
Connect Mercury, Brex, Ramp, Stripe or any of more than 10,000 US banks, along with your payroll provider.
If ou are moving from QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books or Mercury Books, we import your full history. If earlier months are behind, we bring them current first.
From then on, we close your books each month and deliver your financial statements.
How Inkle Books compares with QuickBooks and Xero
QuickBooks and Xero are general-purpose platforms, built to serve everyone from sole proprietors to accounting firms. A business that uses them with professional support typically pays for the software, a bookkeeper and a tax preparer separately, and moves data between all three.
Inkle Books was built by an accounting and tax firm around the way its own professionals keep books. The software, the bookkeeping and the tax preparation all come from Inkle, work from one general ledger, and are accountable to one firm.
Inkle provides bookkeeping on QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books and Mercury Books as well. Inkle Books is where the service is most complete, and we import your full history whenever you decide to move.
Inkle Tax prepares your federal and state returns directly from your Inkle Books ledger, with expert-review. Your 1099s, Form 5472 for foreign-owned companies and Delaware franchise tax all draw on the same figures your bookkeeper closed. There is no trial balance to export and nothing to reconcile between firms.
