Brex vs. Ramp – What’s Best for Your Tech Company?
If you’re looking for a solution to power your startup’s fintech stack, we’ve got good news. Relatively new players in the game bring streamlined options paired with better insights to help power your growth. You might have heard of two of the leaders: Ramp and Brex....
The Truth About Being a Tech Company Service Provider
As a CPA, I’ve been working with technology companies since 2010. It started out as something I did on the side, but it turned into a full-time business in late 2013. The tech industry is a unique animal, and I’ve learned a lot over the last decade. As I’ve been...
How Should Your Tech Company Respond to Inflation
By: Kacie Goff In the 70s and 80s, when inflation was closer to a fairly staggering 10% here in the U.S., tech companies were relatively rare. It’s no surprise. The Great Inflation didn’t create an ideal space for innovation, certainly. Businesses had a tough road to...
Tax Benefits for Founders: Qualifying Small Business Stock (QSBS)
As a founder, you’re probably going to issue yourself a significant number of shares in your company. The goal there, of course, is to make some (ideally, a large amount) of money down the road. But the amount you’ll be able to pocket hinges on how you handle your...
Startups – What’s your burn rate?
It might be time to update the old adage. Maybe it’s not cash that’s king, but cash flow. One study conducted by U.S. Bank concluded that 82% of business failures can be chalked up to bad cash management. When your startup’s in its early days, it probably isn’t...
Founders – Bookkeeping vs. Accounting: What’s the Difference?
When it comes to differentiating bookkeepers from accountants, a lot of startup founders primarily focus on when to hire them. For example, you might hire a bookkeeper on an ongoing basis, but only work with an accountant during tax filing season. The trick, though,...
Meet Our Staff: Megan Mahlstadt
In case you missed it, we’ve been using our blog page to introduce you to our ShayCPA team members. As we continue growing, it gives us an excellent opportunity to make sure you know the people who might be answering your email or phone call. Plus, it’s a chance to...
Does Your Startup Need a Technical Founder?
When you’re building a startup, you know that the people you gather around you matter more than almost anything else. If you’re launching a tech company and you don’t have a programming background yourself, that becomes particularly important. That’s why a lot of...
How to Create an Executive Summary That Will Wow Investors
When your startup is in its seed stage, you face a catch-22. On the one hand, you need investors to power your growth. But, on the other hand, you need to grow to have something tangible to show investors why it’s worth betting on you. Fortunately, you can lean on an...
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How To Build a Relationship That Lasts with Clients and Customers
As a startup, you have a big focus on making sales. Sure, that’s true for every business. But when you’re in the make-it-or-break-it state of a seed-stage tech company, every single dollar you bring in feels particularly meaningful. It’s surprising, then, that so...
C Corps vs. S Corps
When you’re getting a tech company off the ground, you’re faced with a lot of big decisions. From identifying the right funding sources to building your company’s branding, you’re making choices that will affect you from here on out. That’s particularly true when it...
Meals and Entertainment Deduction
By: Kacie Goff When you’re launching a startup, the tax-deductibility of certain meals and entertainment can be particularly exciting. You need to eat, after all, so it seems like a pretty sweet deal that you might reap some tax benefits there. The trick, though, is...
Business Development Workshop at Queens College Tech Incubator
Akshay Shrimanker, President of Shay CPA P.C., gave a two-hour business development workshop this Tuesday alongside Michael Maldonado of America’s SBDC located at Queens College. The workshop was held inside the Tech Incubator at Queens College and was aimed to...
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Accounting/Financials + Tax 101 for Early Stage Startups
On Wednesday, October 23rd, Akshay Shrimanker of Shay CPA P.C. conducted an accounting, finance, and tax workshop for early-stage startups inside New Lab -- a coworking space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard which is home to over 130 startups and considered an oasis for...
Tax Benefits of QETC Status: For New York-Based Tech Companies
https://youtu.be/vTnZ6QcPKyQ Are you an early stage technology startup based in New York State? If so read about the tax incentive below that is available. The company doesn’t necessarily need to be incorporated in New York to qualify as most early stage tech...
Founders – Year-End Tax Tips for your Tech Company to think about this Summer!
Founders 2020 has been a tumultuous year and as I was writing this blog post I realized that there are so many aspects that founders need to think about this year versus prior years that the year-end tax planning actually needs to start right now, instead of towards...
Accounting & Taxes for Tech Founders
Founders on August 5th, 2020 our founder Akshay Shrimanker, CPA had the pleasure of hosting a workshop to discuss 'Accounting & Taxes for Early-Stage Tech Founders' with the Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) as part of their 'Reboot & Restart -...
Delaware Annual Filing Tips
The Delaware Annual Filing is due on March 1st, which is just a month from now. So make sure to be on the lookout for an email from your registered agent in Delaware. You can sometimes use their portal to file an entire annual report. You will need your file number,...
Year-end Tax Planning Tips for Tech Founders
Many early-stage founders feel they don’t need to worry about taxes for their tech startups since they are incurring losses, however, tech startups have exposure to taxes in many ways so without careful planning and consideration, you could leave your company...
Tax Benefits of QETC Status
QUALIFIED EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES (QETCS) Are you an early-stage technology startup based in New York State? If so read about the tax incentive below that is available. The company doesn’t necessarily need to be incorporated in New York to qualify as most...
Accounting/Financials + Tax 101 for Early Stage Startups
On Wednesday, October 23rd, Akshay Shrimanker of Shay CPA P.C. conducted an accounting, finance, and tax workshop for early-stage startups inside New Lab -- a coworking space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard which is home to over 130 startups and considered an oasis for...
Tax & Accounting 101 Workshop for Budding Entrepreneurs
Akshay Shrimanker, President of Shay CPA P.C., gave an accounting and tax workshop to small startups inside the Zahn Innovation Center at City College this past Thursday. The attendees to the workshop include Fitko, STEM Hive, Luxz, and Flora Mind -- who were all...