Frequently asked questions

Reapt files your business expenses for you, even the ones you forgot or didn't know about, so no deduction slips by. The service has a name, Amy: you text her, email her or talk to her on the web, you review instead of collect, and your CPA sees where every number came from. It is for US freelancers, 1099 contractors and small business owners. It does not prepare or file returns or give tax advice.

Filed as in a filing cabinet: each business expense kept with the receipt or statement line behind it, in one place, all year. Reapt does not prepare or file tax returns.

Amy is the face and voice of Reapt. Working with her is like having a personal bookkeeper who is always there, knows your business and reads every line you send. She picks out your likely business expenses, files each one with the record behind it, asks only what she can't work out, and keeps everything ready for you and your CPA.

No, and she'd be the first to say so 😄 Amy is Reapt's character: the face and voice of the service you text, email or talk to on the web. She has a personality, not a license: she isn't an accountant and gives no tax advice.

No. You talk to Amy by text message, by email or on the web. There is nothing to download and no bank login to hand over.

The statements you download from your bank and card companies, and your receipts. Connecting your email and calendar is optional.

No. You send Amy the statements you download from your bank. There is no bank login to share.

No. Amy works from your statements and receipts. Your email and calendar, if you choose to connect them, give her more to work from.

Amy still reads your statements and picks out your likely business expenses, and she tells you which records are missing, so you know what is worth looking for. A missing receipt does not mean the expense did not happen; our lost receipts guide explains what the IRS rules ask for.

She looks for them. Some business expenses never show up as a single charge; you confirm each one Amy adds.

No. Amy picks out likely business expenses and shows where each one came from. You review and confirm, and you and your CPA decide what is deductible.

No. Reapt does not give tax advice, prepare returns or file them.

Yes. Every line shows its source, and your accountant makes the call.

Pricing has not been announced.

Reapt is in early access. Tell us about your work on the early access page.

Records are encrypted at rest and stored in the US, anything you bring to Amy on the web is encrypted on its way to us (a text or an email crosses your carrier's or email provider's network first), each user's data is kept separate from every other user's, and we never sell your data. You can ask us to delete your account and data at any time.

Your clients talk to Amy, and their expenses reach you organized and explained, every number traced back to its source. See Reapt for CPAs.