Tax

Sales tax and filing-oriented operating notes.

Firm tax portfolio

The accounting-firm view that compares tax-close progress, deadlines and blockers across all assigned clients.

External filing confirmation

Evidence recorded in Solo Superstars that a return was filed outside the app by the business or its tax professional.

Tax-close revision

A new version of a prepared tax workstream created when facts change after an earlier handoff.

CPA handoff

The approved, versioned package of books, tax facts and evidence delivered to the accountant or tax preparer.

Information return

A form that reports payments or other tax facts to a tax authority and recipient without calculating the business income-tax return.

Tax requirement

One trackable item in a tax workstream, with an owner, status, evidence and any blocking reason.

Tax workstream

A group of related tax-close requirements that advances independently, such as information returns or income tax.

Tax close

The controlled process of resolving tax requirements, freezing the prepared facts and handing an approved package to the filer.

Tax preparation

The guided workspace for completing tax-year requirements after the books are ready and before an outside return is filed.

Tax calendar

The upcoming filing and payment dates that apply to you: estimated taxes, sales tax returns, 1099 deadline.

Estimated tax

Quarterly income-tax payments owed when nobody withholds for you. The tax calendar shows the four dates.

Form 1099-K

The form a payment processor files reporting card and platform payments you received. Stripe handles it for payments through the app.

Form 1099-NEC

The form you file for each US contractor you paid $600 or more by cash, check or bank transfer during the calendar year. Card payments are excluded.

Schedule C

The IRS form where a sole proprietor or single-member LLC reports business profit or loss. The app maps your accounts to its lines.

Home state

The state your business is based in. Drives your default sales-tax rate and which state forms the tax calendar shows.

Accounting method

Cash or accrual: the basis your business files its tax return on. Set in the tax profile, separately from how reports open by default.

Entity type

How your business is set up for tax: sole proprietor, single- or multi-member LLC, S corporation, C corporation. It decides which equity accounts and forms you get.

Tax profile

Your entity type, accounting method, home state, fiscal year and nexus states. Most tax behavior in the app keys off it.