What is Inkle?
startups.
It helps founders manage their company's US tax filings, bookkeeping, and ongoing compliance in one place, with AI-powered automation and support from experienced professionals. Inkle is built primarily for US startups, including US C-Corps and foreign-owned US companies.
Instead of managing tax deadlines, bookkeeping, filings, and compliance across multiple providers, founders can use Inkle to handle all of this through a single platform.
Inkle at a glance
US tax, accounting and compliance platform for startups
Inkle Books, Inkle Tax, Incorporation, Mailroom & Register Agent, Dissolution
US C-Corps and foreign-owned, cross-border US companies
Software, AI agents and experienced professionals on one pipeline
500+ US startups, including 5% of YC companies
Mercury, Brex, Ramp, Stripe, Gusto, Plaid, Hubspot, Bill.com
2022, San Francisco
What Inkle does
Inkle handles the financial and compliance work of running a US company: bookkeeping, tax filing, and corporate compliance, supported by AI and experienced professionals. Four areas cover it.
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Federal and state filings, including Form 1120, extensions, Delaware Franchise Tax, and 1099s, filed by licensed tax experts.
AI-powered bookkeeping with human accountant support, keeping records accurate, categorized, and tax-ready.
Deadline tracking and the required state and federal filings, managed across the whole year.
AI that categorizes transactions, answers tax questions in-app, and helps founders read their financials.
Who Inkle is for
Inkle is built for US startups and founders who want tax, accounting, and compliance in one place. Three groups get the most out of it.
Clean, investor-ready financials, timely filings, and audit-ready books for diligence and future fundraising.
Delaware and other US C-Corps managing federal tax, state obligations, bookkeeping, and compliance on one platform.
Founders abroad with extra US requirements such as Form 5472, Form 5471, and FBAR, without juggling providers across time zones.
Trusted by 500+ US startups
Inkle is used by more than 500 US startups, including over 5% of Y Combinator companies, and is rated 4.7 on G2.
Inkle's products
Each product solves a recurring part of startup finance, and they work independently or together.
Federal and state taxes filed by licensed CPAs, with deadline tracking, an estimated-tax calculator that pulls from your books, multi-entity management, and e-filing. Supports 1120, 7004, 1099, DFT, 5471, 5472, 8938, 926, FBAR, BOI, CA Form 100, and BE-12.
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AI-powered bookkeeping backed by human accountants. AI handles about 90% of transaction categorization while a bookkeeper closes the books monthly. Cash and accrual, multi-currency, reconciliations, receipt matching, and revenue metrics.
Assisted US incorporation. You get a Delaware C-Corp, an EIN, and post-incorporation compliance set up from day one, with the filings handled for you.
A registered agent plus a virtual US business address with mail scanning, forwarding, and package handling, accepted by the IRS and banks, keeping you in good standing in all 50 states.
Wind a US company down the right way. Inkle's team sequences board approval, Articles of Dissolution, IRS Form 966 and final returns, and withdrawal from every foreign-qualified state, so franchise taxes and penalties stop accruing.
Software, AI agents, and experienced professionals on one pipeline
Traditional firms split tax, books, and compliance across separate processes. Inkle combines them into one platform built for startups, with routine work automated and human expertise on demand. Direct API integrations, not screen-scraping, feed clean data into a single source of truth.
One platform for books, tax, and compliance, connected to your finance stack.
Categorize, reconcile, and surface whatever needs your attention, automatically.
Review, file, and advise wherever professional judgment is required.
Connects to your finance stack
Direct API integrations pull in banking, revenue, and payroll data automatically, so your books stay accurate without manual CSV uploads.
What Inkle costs
Founders can start free, then add tax packages, bookkeeping, and compliance filings as they need them.
Inkle Books: connect banks, invoicing, reconciliation
Monthly books, reconciliations, and reporting
Tax filing for US entities and founders
Stay in good standing in all 50 states
Set up a US Delaware C-Corp from anywhere
How Inkle compares
Founders usually weigh Inkle against a traditional CPA, doing it themselves, or a standalone bookkeeping tool.
From connected to compliant
Getting started takes five steps, and most founders finish the first one in about 30 minutes.
Add company details and connect bank, revenue, and payroll.
Inkle identifies your accounting, tax, and compliance needs.
AI agents categorize and reconcile, flagging what matters.
Tax and accounting experts step in for filings and monthly bookkeeping.
Recurring deadlines are managed year-round, not once a year.
