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taxtim.com
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Guided online tax-filing service for South Africans that imports SARS eFiling data and submits returns directly.

563K visits/mo
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accountable.de
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German tax and accounting app for freelancers, handling taxes, invoicing, bookkeeping and a business account with AI help.

262K visits/mo
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TaxGPT
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI research and workflow platform for tax and accounting pros, offering citation-backed answers, prep automation, and client tools.

123K visits/mo1.3K saves
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AI Bookkeeping
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Chat-based AI accountant that automates bookkeeping, invoicing, receipts, and reporting for small businesses and freelancers.

11K visits/mo
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Tabby
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AI bookkeeping assistant for self-employed people and small business owners wanting expenses categorized and taxes tracked automatically.

25K visits/mo
Pricing
Individual Income Tax Return (ITR12): from R249
Provisional Tax Return (IRP6): from R550
Company Tax Return (ITR14): from R699

No public pricing

Free trial available

No public pricing

Starter: $35/mo
Pro: $59/mo
Scale: $95/mo

Free trial available

Free Forever: $0/mo (up to $15K annual expenses, 1 account)
Standard: $29/mo (up to $200K annual expenses, 3 connected accounts)
Professional: $39/mo (unlimited annual expenses, up to 5 users)

Free trial available

Core features
  • Direct import of tax data from SARS eFiling
  • Step-by-step guided filing questionnaire
  • Automated review checks to catch errors and missed deductions
  • One-click submission of completed returns to SARS
  • Free checker for reviewing SARS auto-assessments
  • Separate packages for individual, provisional, and company tax returns
  • Vehicle logbook and expense tracking tools
  • Automated tax returns with AI assistance
  • Legally compliant e-invoicing
  • Bookkeeping and expense tracking
  • Free business account with tax reserves
  • Access to human tax coaches
  • Citation-backed answers to federal, state, and local tax questions
  • AI-assisted tax return review through an automated reviewer agent
  • Document analysis across thousands of tax forms
  • Client management workspace for documents and communications
  • State-by-state tax answer lookup tool
  • Shared workspace for collaborating with the AI and team members
  • Tax memo drafting assistance
  • Chat-based task completion with AI accountant Paula
  • Automated categorization and double-entry ledger
  • P&L, balance sheet, and advanced reports
  • Receipt scanning and matching
  • AI invoicing with Stripe payments
  • Bank, Stripe, and Shopify sync
  • Automatic bank transaction categorization with claimed 99% accuracy
  • Deduction finder that flags eligible tax write-offs from expenses
  • Real-time expense tracking and spending insights
  • Smart matching of bank transactions to receipts and invoices
  • Conversational Q&A about cash flow, taxes owed, and unpaid invoices
  • One-click QuickBooks migration importing up to 36 months of history
Use cases
  • Filing an individual income tax return without prior tax knowledge
  • Checking whether to accept or dispute a SARS auto-assessment
  • Submitting provisional tax returns as a freelancer or business owner
  • Filing company tax returns (ITR14)
  • Tracking deductible vehicle and business expenses through the year
  • Filing taxes as a freelancer in Germany
  • Sending compliant invoices
  • Managing self-employed bookkeeping
  • Setting aside tax reserves automatically
  • Speeding up tax research for CPAs and accounting firms
  • Reviewing client tax returns for errors before filing
  • Answering client tax questions quickly during meetings
  • Managing client documents and case files in one place
  • Getting personalized AI-driven tax guidance for individuals or businesses
  • Automating small-business bookkeeping
  • Catching up on backlogged books
  • Creating and collecting on invoices
  • Monitoring cashflow and anomalies
  • Automating monthly bookkeeping for a freelancer or gig worker
  • Finding missed tax deductions before filing season
  • Separating personal and business expenses on shared accounts
  • Migrating an existing QuickBooks account to a simpler tool
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