Seamless invoicing + expense sync for college design hustles, tax-ready always.
College students running freelance graphic design businesses struggle with manual tracking of expenses and invoices in spreadsheets, resulting in errors during tax time.
FreelaTax integrates invoice sending with auto-expense import from banks/email. It syncs everything into student-friendly tax schedules. No more scrambling at deadline.
College students with freelance graphic design businesses
One-click bank sync (Plaid) + email invoice parsing, optimized for low-volume student gigs.
professional
Auto-import expenses via Plaid.
Forward client emails to auto-log invoices.
Rules-based tagging for design expenses.
Direct to TurboTax/Schedule C formats.
Overview of active gigs, cash flow.
Shareable links for invoice payments.
For retainer clients.
Sync due dates to Google Cal.
Team access for collab gigs.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| plaid_token | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| amount | int | No |
| description | text | No |
| date | timestamp | No |
| category | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| client_email | text | No |
| amount | int | No |
| status | text | No |
Relationships:
/api/transactions/syncPlaid sync expenses
/api/invoices/parseParse forwarded email
/api/tax-exportsDownload tax files
/api/dashboardFetch summary data
Basic dashboard
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| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 80 | 2.5% | $60 | $720 |
| Month 6 | 700 | 4.5% | $945 | $11,340 |
FreelaTax auto-pulls expenses and parses invoices for student design freelancers.
Email 20 student designers from LinkedIn/Behance with free access. Post in university freelance clubs. Host AMA on r/graphic_design for signups.
Full bookkeeping
Too expensive for students
Affordable auto-sync for solo gigs
Receipts
No invoicing/taxes integrated
All-in-one with student pricing
Network of student bank transaction patterns for better rules.
Plaid's easy integrations + gig worker tax audits rising.
Plaid compliance issues
Use official SDK and docs
Students prefer free tools
Generous free tier + tax ROI proof
Success: 50 connections
Success: 20% referral rate
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