For self-employed people
Bookkeeping for self-employed people, done from your statements
Drop in the statements and exports self-employed people already have. ProfitBooks categorizes every transaction, tracks the deductions that matter for your work, and hands your tax preparer a clean profit and loss. $20 a month, billed annually, plus pay-as-you-go credits.
100 free credits at signup, 10 free every day. No card required.
What you upload
- Checking statement
- Credit card statement
- 1099 forms and payment app exports
- Receipts for deductible expenses
What gets categorized
- Business income from clients and platforms
- Supplies and software
- Home office
- Vehicle
- Health insurance premiums
Deductions to look for
- Half of self-employment tax
- Health insurance premiums
- Home office
- Retirement contributions
- QBI deduction (20% of profit)
- Vehicle and mileage
Why it fits
Built for the way self-employed people actually run money.
Income arrives from a few sources, expenses land on one or two cards, and nobody has time to categorize 12 months of it in April. ProfitBooks reads the statements, learns your vendors, and keeps the profit and loss current so quarterly taxes stop being a guess.
- Chart of accounts built for your industry from one question
- Confidence threshold: auto-finalize the obvious, review the rest
- Year-end totals by category, ready for Schedule C or your preparer
- Need a reconciled balance sheet? Full Books, $99 a month billed annually, replaces the bookkeeper
Pricing
What self-employed people pay
About 70 transactions a month is 840 a year, which fits inside the 10 free credits you get every day. You would pay the $240 a year base plan ($20 a month, billed annually) and nothing else.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Do I need to connect my bank?
No. Download the PDF statement from your bank or take a photo of it. ProfitBooks reads it. No logins shared, no feeds to babysit.
What does it cost for self-employed people?
About 70 transactions a month is 840 a year, which fits inside the 10 free credits you get every day. You would pay the $240 a year base plan ($20 a month, billed annually) and nothing else.
Can my tax preparer use it?
Invite them free. They see the same profit and loss and ledger you do (and the reconciled balance sheet on Full Books), and can export CSV for their software.
Is ProfitBooks for people without an LLC?
Yes. Most users are sole proprietors who file a Schedule C. Nothing about the books changes if you form an LLC later.
Your books for self-employed people, done tonight.
Create a free account, drop in a bank statement, and watch every transaction get categorized. 100 free credits to start, 10 more every day. No card required.
Takes about 90 seconds. No sales call, no onboarding fee, no contract.