Show HN: Indiebooks – Free bookkeeping that auto-fills CRA/IRS tax forms

[maxjasper]

Hey everyone,

I built Indiebooks.io . A free bookkeeping app that automatically organizes your finances and fills out CRA/IRS tax forms for you. It’s built for freelancers, indie devs, and small business owners in Canada and the US who want to stay compliant without spending weekends in spreadsheets.

What it does - Tracks income & expenses automatically - Handles GST/HST, PST, QST (yes, even Quebec math) - Supports US taxes and state sales tax - Auto-fills CRA/IRS tax forms so you can just review and file - Lets you ask AI things like “What’s my profit this quarter?” - 100% free — no limits, no credit card (might have to limit actual receipts image uploads if storage becomes too expansive)

Why I made it:

Bookkeeping tools are either too expensive or too complicated, especially for small businesses. I wanted something that just works, stays compliant, and doesn’t make you learn accounting to use it.

Tech bits - Built with NextJS, AWS, a bit of supabase, and a bunch of automations for tax logic - Handles messy edge cases like multi-province taxes and mixed personal/business expenses - AI is constrained to actual numbers in your books (no hallucinated profit lol)

Would love feedback on: - Anything confusing or missing in the UI - Tax edge cases you think it should handle - Ideas for integrations (bank connections, Stripe, etc.) - What would make you actually switch to it?

It’s still early, but you can try it here: https://indiebooks.io/

Would love to hear what you think, especially if you’re running a small business in Canada or the US.

Thanks!

-Max

[Sachjayk]

Hi Max, this is super cool. I do finance for start ups, where I use Xero and simple books as the main accounting platform. Would love to have a chat with you to pick you brain and next steps.

[maxjasper]

Hey! Would be awesome, Its all pretty new to me and I'd love to get the best possible results from this. max(@)indiebooks.io is the fastest way to reach me.

[Eawrig05]

I feel like the main pain point is manually importing your transactions from your bank account, credit cards, etc. Does this allow for synching your accounts? Like the idea!

[maxjasper]

Working on bank account syncing! I'm currently testing this, and hope to have this up within the next 3 weeks.