Tight customers are embedding tax filing within their platforms to save their users time and money during tax season — and they’re seeing results.

Tight is a leading embedded accounting platform used by fintech apps, digital banking platforms, and vertical SaaS providers. Tight's user-friendly Embedded Accounting is an end-to-end platform that makes it possible for companies to simplify complex accounting and daily bookkeeping tasks for their customers, from invoicing to income taxes, and everything in between.

For the last two tax seasons, Tight customers have been leveraging Column Tax’s technology to bring in-app tax filing to their users. This integration allows independent contractors and small business owners to manage every aspect of their year-round accounting while also filing accurate tax returns without leaving the apps powered by Tight.

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Why embedded tax solutions are a game-changer for small business platforms

Small business owners are some of the most time-strapped professionals, managing everything from client invoicing to compliance. 

“They’re already tracking their finances throughout the year, and benefited from the visibility our proprietary real-time income tax estimates provide, so it’s only natural that they’d want to take that last step of filing their taxes on the same platforms where all their data is stored,” said Raj Bhaskar, Tight's Co-founder and CEO. “Our partnership with Column Tax makes that possible.”

By embedding Column Tax’s technology, Tight ensures that users of its customers’ platforms no longer have to juggle multiple tools or manually transfer data for income tax filings. The result is an easy, efficient and accurate tax-filing experience. That’s because, thanks to Tight’s partnership with Column Tax, Tight-powered platforms offer small business owners access to:

• Faster tax filing: Column Tax has cut down average tax filing times up to 85% for the small business owners who use apps leveraging Tight's accounting tools. 
• Enhanced accuracy: Automatic data transfer between Tight and Column Tax minimizes errors, ensuring users’ tax returns are always reliable and precise.
• Cost savings: Filing taxes through Column Tax is often included in existing subscriptions, helping users avoid the high costs of third-party tax preparers or tax software.‍
• Seamless experience: The integration keeps everything within the apps powered by Tight, eliminating the need to jump between platforms.

“This integration has given small business owners a more complete financial toolkit so that they can focus more energy on growing their businesses,” Bhaskar said.

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Unlocking more value for end users

The benefits of this partnership extend beyond tax season. By providing a comprehensive, all-in-one solution, Tight and Column Tax are helping the platforms they power retain users and deepen customer relationships. 

“When users can manage their finances year-round and seamlessly file taxes in one place, it unlocks opportunities to offer additional services, from banking to lending,” Bhaskar said. “Our partnership with Column Tax not only simplifies taxes but also positions platforms powered by Tight to serve as a central hub for connected financial services.”

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An elegant solution to a pervasive problem

The clunky, expensive tax-filing process has been a thorn in the side of small business owners for decades. By integrating Column Tax into Tight, Bhaskar found that solving that issue couldn’t have been easier. It took only a couple weeks to be up and running.

“It was a quick and painless process,” Bhaskar said. “From testing to implementation, the teams worked collaboratively to ensure the experience was turnkey for our customers and their users.”

Now that Tight has been offering its tax filing solution for multiple tax seasons, small business owners can confidently handle their taxes with minimal effort — all within apps they already trust.

“Our clients are ecstatic,”  Bhaskar said. “It just works.”