AI scans your expenses to uncover hidden tax deductions for indie hackers.
Solo indie hackers without accounting knowledge are overwhelmed by taxes, missing key deductions and facing costly penalties.
Upload bank CSVs or connect via Plaid to automatically categorize expenses and flag indie-specific deductions like home office, software subs, and marketing costs. Generates a customized deduction report ready for your CPA or TurboTax import. Prevents penalties by estimating tax savings and missed opportunities in real-time.
Solo indie hackers lacking accounting knowledge
Tailored deduction rules trained on 1,000+ indie hacker expense patterns, ignoring generic small biz tools.
friendly
Securely upload bank statements or snap photos of receipts for OCR categorization.
ML model suggests 20+ indie-specific deductions with confidence scores.
PDF export of deductions, estimated savings, and TurboTax import CSV.
Visual overview of categorized expenses and deduction potential.
One-click bank sync for ongoing transaction import.
Email alerts for recurring deduction opportunities.
Year-over-year deduction trends.
User-defined categorization rules.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| subscription_tier | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| amount | int | No |
| category | text | Yes |
| date | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| expense_id | uuid | No |
| type | text | No |
| estimated_savings | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| generated_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/expenses/uploadUpload and process CSV/receipts
/api/deductions/scanRun AI scan on expenses
/api/reports/generateCreate and download deduction report
/api/plaid/linkInitiate Plaid bank connection
/api/user/dashboardFetch user expense summary
50 expenses/scan
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 200 | 5% | $300 | $3,600 |
| Month 6 | 1,200 | 8% | $2,304 | $27,648 |
Stop overpaying taxes. Our AI finds deductions big tools miss – home offices, SaaS tools, ads, and more.
Post in r/indiehackers and r/solopreneur about beta access, offering free lifetime Pro for feedback. DM 10 active posters complaining about taxes. Share MVP demo on Indie Hackers forum.
Robust tracking
Generic, overwhelming UI for solos
AI-first, indie-tailored deductions only
Proprietary dataset of indie hacker deductions improving AI accuracy over time.
Boom in solopreneurs (10M+ US 1099s) with remote work deductions exploding post-2020.
AI accuracy issues
Rule-based fallback + user feedback loop
Low awareness of deductions
Educational content on landing
Plaid approval delays
CSV-first MVP
Tax advice liability
Disclaimers + CPA export
High churn
Annual discounts
Success: 60% report missing deductions
Success: $1K savings avg
Success: 500 signups
Success: 20% MoM growth
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