Tax, accounting, and fundraising — from an AI-native tax & accounting firm built for startups.
It is not a tax form, it is filed separately from your return, and the threshold is just $10,000 across all your foreign accounts combined. The FBAR catches more people than almost any other cross-border rule.
If you are a U.S. person with a stake in a company abroad, the information return you may owe is dense, technical, and carries a $10,000 starting penalty. Here is how to tell whether it applies to you.
If a non-U.S. person owns your U.S. LLC or corporation, you almost certainly have a filing obligation most software never mentions — and the penalty for missing it starts at $25,000 per year.
The entity you pick shapes how you are taxed, how you raise money, and how much paperwork you carry for years. There is no universally best choice — only the right one for your plan.
"Clean books" is more than tidy spreadsheets. It is the difference between closing a round in weeks and stalling in diligence while you reconstruct a year of history under pressure.
The U.S. tax system is pay-as-you-go. If you wait until April, you can owe a penalty even when you pay your full bill on time. Who owes estimates, the four due dates, and the safe harbor that protects you.
A U.S. entity, an overseas parent, payroll in two countries, and a web of filings — cross-border companies are where structure mistakes get expensive. The order of operations matters more than founders expect.
"Just do a Delaware C-corp" is startup gospel — but it is right for some founders and wrong for others. Here is what Delaware actually buys you, and when to skip it.
Chinese founders with a Delaware C-corp face a heavier US tax stack: Form 5472, §174 foreign R&D on a China team, and cross-border capital. A field guide.
OBBBA restored immediate expensing of domestic R&D in 2026 — but foreign R&D is still capitalized over 15 years. The offshore trap, with a calculator.
Franchise tax and annual reports for the 13 states startups actually use: deadlines, fees, and minimums for Delaware, California, Texas and more.
Filing an 83(b) within 30 days of a restricted-stock grant can save founders a fortune, and missing it is unfixable. How and when to file, plus a checker.
One remote hire can create income-tax and payroll duties in a new state. Wayfair sales-tax nexus is a separate trap. Where SaaS is taxed, plus a self-check.
OBBBA rewrote QSBS for stock issued after July 4, 2025: tiered holding periods, a $15M cap, a $75M asset ceiling. What qualifies and how much is tax-free.
OBBBA restored domestic R&D expensing. Most startups get a 6% credit they can offset against payroll taxes, up to $500K. How it works, with a calculator.
What Delaware franchise tax is, how the two methods work, and why your default bill may say $85,000 when you could legally pay $400. With a calculator.
Every federal and state tax task a new startup owes in year one: EIN, the S-election clock, your first return, payroll, and why domestic firms skip BOI.
What burn rate and runway actually mean, how to calculate them, and the runway investors expect at each stage — with an interactive calculator.