Features
Built for accountants who need more than bookkeeping
Every feature in Tax2Books exists to solve a real problem US accountants face daily. No bloat. No enterprise complexity. Just the tools that matter.
Core Accounting
Dual-Basis Accounting
Record every transaction once. Toggle between cash-basis and accrual reporting instantly — no duplicate entries, no reconciliation gap, no spreadsheet gymnastics.
- Single source of truth for all transactions
- Toggle cash or accrual at report generation time
- Revenue recognition differences calculated automatically
- Side-by-side comparison reports for cash vs. accrual
- Correct treatment of prepaid expenses, deferred income, and receivables
US tax law requires cash-basis returns for most small businesses, while GAAP financials demand accrual. Tax2Books handles both from the same ledger — the way it should always have worked.
Tax Compliance
IRS Form Line Mapping
Map every account in your chart of accounts directly to an IRS form line. Produce a tax worksheet in seconds — no more cross-referencing trial balances with tax schedules.
- Supported forms: Schedule C, E, F, 1120, 1120-S, 1065, and more
- Account-level mapping stored per company
- Tax worksheet export summarized by form line
- Flags unmapped accounts before export
- Consistent mappings across fiscal years
CPAs spend hours manually pulling trial balance figures into tax software. Tax form mapping closes that gap — a trial balance becomes a draft tax worksheet automatically.
Year-End Compliance
1099 Vendor Tracking
Mark vendors as 1099-eligible at setup. Tax2Books accumulates payments through the year and flags any vendor crossing the IRS $600 threshold automatically.
- Vendor-level 1099 eligibility flag
- Automatic payment accumulation per vendor per year
- Threshold alerts when vendors cross $600
- 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC report generation
- EIN / SSN tracking per vendor record
- Year-end export for filing software
Missing a 1099 means IRS penalties. Manual tracking in spreadsheets is error-prone. Tax2Books bakes 1099 compliance into the normal accounts payable workflow.
Project Accounting
Job Costing
Assign journal entries to jobs (projects). View per-job income and expense, budget vs. actual, and the all-jobs matrix — the standard view for contractors and construction firms.
- Unlimited jobs per company
- Revenue and expense lines tagged to jobs
- Per-job P&L with configurable columns
- Budget entry per job for variance reporting
- All-Jobs matrix for practice-wide visibility
- Job status tracking (active, complete, archived)
Any practice serving contractors, builders, or project-based businesses needs job costing. It's not an optional module — it's standard accounting for that industry vertical.
Bank Reconciliation
Bank Feeds & Smart Matching
Connect client bank accounts via Plaid. Imported transactions are matched to ledger entries using configurable rules — by amount, memo pattern, or vendor name.
- Plaid-powered connections (10,000+ financial institutions)
- Automatic transaction import
- Rule-based matching: amount, description, account
- Manual match override always available
- Recurring entry templates for predictable transactions
- Reconciliation report with cleared vs. uncleared summary
Bank reconciliation is the most time-consuming task in bookkeeping. Smart matching rules turn a four-hour monthly task into a fifteen-minute review.
Compliance & Security
Immutable Audit Trail
Every action — every entry created, edited, voided, or deleted — is written to an append-only audit log. Immutable by design, accessible by authorized users.
- Append-only log (no delete, no override)
- User, timestamp, IP, and change detail per event
- Voided entry history preserved in full
- Role-based audit log access
- Export audit log for external review
- SOC 2 Type II aligned architecture
Accounting software that lets you quietly edit or delete history is a compliance liability. Tax2Books stores what happened, who did it, and when — permanently.
Plus everything else you'd expect
The foundation every accounting practice needs, without the setup complexity.
Financial Statements
Income statement, balance sheet, and trial balance. Cash or accrual. Printable PDFs.
Chart of Accounts
Flexible account hierarchy. Asset, liability, equity, income, and expense types with sub-account support.
General Ledger
Full double-entry ledger with debit/credit entry, filtered views by account, date, and job.
Recurring Entries
Schedule repeating journal entries — monthly rent, depreciation, loan payments — and auto-post on schedule.
Role-Based Access
Four roles per company: Owner, Admin, Accountant, Viewer. Granular permissions, zero client data leakage.
Multi-Entity Support
Manage unlimited companies from one account. Each entity is fully isolated with its own ledger and settings.
See it for yourself — free
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