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Bench Reviews

Bench is the online bookkeeping service.

Social recommendations and mentions

We have tracked the following product recommendations or mentions on Reddit and HackerNews. They can help you see what people think about Bench and what they use it for.
  • Which Accounting Program Should I use for LOTS of Online Sales through Amazon? Xero, Wave, or Quickbooks???
    I used bench.co for my accounting when I ran my amazon business. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago
  • What business do you run?
    It's rare we decide to go up against someone that's already established and has all the pieces to begin with. For example, we recently put off venturing into the book-keeping space because Bench has already been crushing it and has hundreds of millions in venture funding behind them; we weren't willing to allocate the required resources to make much of a dent. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • Curious how much PPP your neighbor got?
    To prove worker protection expenditures you'll need to provide: Copy of invoices, orders, or purchase orders. Receipts, cancelled checks, or account statements verifying those eligible payments.Feb 21, 2021 Https://bench.co › blog › operations Documents Needed for PPP Loan Forgiveness | Bench Accounting. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • Accounting for personal/family expenses
    I've heard of this service (bench.co) for small businesses. They may be able to do it for you and your family? - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • [Restaurant/Cafe owners] Do you do your book-keeping yourselves or is it a good idea to outsource it?
    Gotcha , so I'm in the process of building an online service which provides book-keeping , something like bench.co but specifically for restaurants and cafes. (and ofc at a better price and additional services / KPIs) . So , do let me know if you're interested . I'll make sure to update you once the essentials are up and running. :). - Source: Reddit / almost 2 years ago
  • Alternatives to Quickbooks?
    There's a free one called bench.co. For a fee, you're assigned a bookkeeper. Looks decent. - Source: Reddit / almost 2 years ago
  • 1st PPP. Gross. No employees. No qualifying expenses. Dizzied by SBA IFR.
    Here is bench.co on march 5th w TWO articles and contradicting statements. (with links). - Source: Reddit / almost 2 years ago
  • Am I being that annoying client I keep reading about, or are my concerns legit?
    The first issue is that the return he wanted me to sign off on didn't include $10k I paid in quarterlies. This was all included in a bench.co spreadsheet that has all my business's financial data. The red flag is that his reply was "even though it was on the spreadsheet, I need proof of tax payments and when they happened. Maybe it's in the spreadsheet, but I am regulated by the IRS and IRS IRM states it's agents... - Source: Reddit / almost 2 years ago
  • gross ppp. sole proprietor. 24 weeks no pua ??
    Sounds accurate. Not to deter from your thinking, but any thoughts on why bench.co says different. The say: " To take the full amount of owner compensation share, you will have to use a covered period of 24 weeks. By doing so, you are making yourself ineligible for unemployment benefits (under Pandemic Unemployment Assistance) for the full 24 weeks." I am without qualifying receipts, so I would need to... - Source: Reddit / about 2 years ago

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