What is Inkle?

Inkle is a US tax, accounting, and compliance platform for businesses of every kind.

Inkle helps businesses manage their US tax filings, bookkeeping, and ongoing compliance in one place, with AI-powered automation and support from licensed accountants. It serves startups, small businesses, nonprofits, agencies, and foreign-owned US companies.

Instead of juggling tax deadlines, bookkeeping, filings, and compliance across separate providers, businesses get it all handled by one team, software and AI for the routine work, real accountants for everything that needs judgment.

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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 licensed experts. Four areas cover it.

US tax filing

Federal and state filings, including Form 1120, extensions, Delaware Franchise Tax, and 1099s, filed by licensed tax experts.

Bookkeeping

AI-powered bookkeeping with human accountant support, keeping records accurate, categorized, and tax-ready.

Compliance

Deadline tracking and the required state and federal filings, managed throughout the year.

AI accounting agents

AI that categorizes transactions, answers tax questions in-app, and helps founders read their financials.

Who Inkle is for

Inkle is built for US companies and founders who want tax, accounting, and compliance in one place. Three groups get the most out of it.

Startups & growing companies

Clean, investor-ready financials, timely filings, and audit-ready books for diligence and future fundraising.

Small businesses & nonprofits

Bookkeeping, tax, and compliance handled monthly, so you don't need a finance team of your own.

Foreign-owned & cross-border

Founders abroad with extra US requirements like Form 5472, 5471, and FBAR, handled without juggling providers across time zones.

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Inkle's products

Each product solves a recurring part of startup finance, and they work independently or together.

Inkle Tax

Federal and state taxes filed by licensed tax experts, 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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Inkle Books

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.

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Incorporation

You get a Delaware C-Corp, an EIN, and post-incorporation compliance set up from day one, with the filings handled for you.

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Registered agent & Mailroom

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.

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Dissolution

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.

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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 companies, with routine work automated and human expertise on demand. Direct API integrations, not screen-scraping, feed clean data into a single source of truth.

Software

One platform for books, tax, and compliance, connected to your finance stack.

AI agents

Categorize, reconcile, and surface whatever needs your attention, automatically.

Experienced Professionals

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.

Banking & cards
Mercury
Brex
Ramp
Silicon Valley Bank
All other banks
Plaid
thousands of US banks and accounts
Revenue
Stripe
Payroll
Gusto
AP and AR
Bill
HubSpot

How Inkle compares

Founders usually weigh Inkle against a traditional CPA, doing it themselves, or a standalone bookkeeping tool.

Inkle vs a traditional CPA
Model
Books, tax, compliance
Cross-border filings
Deadline tracking
Cost for startups
Inkle
Software, AI, and licensed experts
Combined in one platform
Built-in specialty
Automated, year-round
Transparent and startup-friendly
Traditional CPA
Manual and relationship-based
Often separate engagements
Varies by firm
Usually manual
Higher, quoted per engagement
Inkle vs doing it yourself
Setup
Accuracy
Compliance risk
Scales with the company
Inkle
One connected platform
Direct integrations, AI plus expert review
Deadlines tracked for you
Yes, through every stage
Spreadsheets and point tools
Multiple tools stitched together
Manual entry, error-prone
Easy to miss filings
Breaks down as finances grow
Inkle vs a standalone bookkeeping tool
Scope
US tax filing
Compliance filings
Human support
Inkle
Books, tax, and compliance
Included, filed by tax experts
Included
Tax and accounting experts on demand
Standalone bookkeeping tool
Bookkeeping only
Not included
Not included
Varies, often limited

From connected to compliant

Getting started takes five steps, and most founders finish the first one in about 30 minutes.

Step 1
Connect

Add company details and connect bank, revenue, and payroll.

Step 2
Organize

Inkle identifies your accounting, tax, and compliance needs.

Step 3
Automate

AI agents categorize and reconcile, flagging what matters.

Step 4
Expert support

Tax and accounting experts step in for filings and monthly bookkeeping.

Step 5
Stay compliant

Recurring deadlines are managed year-round, not once a year.

Questions founders ask

What is Inkle?
Inkle is a US tax, accounting, and compliance platform for companies. It helps founders manage bookkeeping, US tax filing, and corporate compliance in one place, using software, AI accounting agents, and experienced professionals.
What does Inkle do?
Inkle helps US companies keep their books, file federal and state taxes, and stay compliant year-round. Its core products are Inkle Books for bookkeeping and Inkle Tax for US tax filing, alongside compliance, registered agent and mailroom, incorporation, and dissolution services.
Who is Inkle for?
Inkle is built for US companies, especially Delaware C-Corporations, foreign-owned or cross-border entities, and venture-backed companies that need clean, investor-ready financials.
Does Inkle replace a CPA?
Inkle combines software, AI, and licensed tax experts. It automates routine accounting and filing work while giving founders on-demand access to professional accountants for questions that need judgment.
What tools does Inkle integrate with?
Inkle integrates directly with Mercury, Brex, Ramp, Silicon Valley Bank, Stripe, Gusto, Bill, and HubSpot, and connects to other banks through Plaid.
How much does Inkle cost?
Inkle offers a free accounting software, and bookkeeping starts from $49 a month. For tax and compliance pricing, talk to the team.

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