Hacker News with Generative AI: Accounting

Show HN (YC S25): Well – MCP AI-Based Collection of Invoices (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN, we’re the cofounders of Lago:an AI-agent powered Chrome extension that becomes every founder’s best friend when accounting season hits. Well automates supplier invoice collection and pipes the data directly into your accounting tools, ERP, or dashboards — with zero effort.
AI, Accounting, Chrome Extensions, SaaS, Startups
8 points by maxchampoux 7 days ago | 6 comments
Backblaze responds to claims of "sham accounting", "customer backups at risk" (arstechnica.com)
Backblaze is dismissing allegations from a short seller that it engaged in “sham accounting” that could put the cloud storage and backup solution provider and its customers' backups in jeopardy.
Cloud Storage, Business, Security, Accounting
70 points by alphabettsy 10 days ago | 54 comments
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4B missing (electrek.co)
Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing.
Tesla, Finance, Accounting, Investments, Stock Market
44 points by donohoe 50 days ago | 10 comments
Ask HN: How do you handle VAT / Sales Tax accounting as B2C SaaS? (ycombinator.com)
Hey! I run a B2C SaaS and I use Stripe for all of my sales (subscriptions).
SaaS, Business, Accounting, Taxes
96 points by throw_1VJ51pMb 62 days ago | 86 comments
Show HN: Quanta – a way to get accounting off your plate in minutes (usequanta.com)
Quanta is now open to new customers, backed by newly announced funding
Accounting, Startups, Finance, Business
15 points by evetheattacker 70 days ago | 0 comments
Fish Startup Allegedly Faked Most of Its Sales (yahoo.com)
EFishery Pte, one of Indonesia’s most prominent startups, may have inflated its revenue and profit over several years, according to an internal investigation triggered by a whistleblower’s claim about the company’s accounting.
Startup, Fraud, Indonesia, Accounting, Business
3 points by ChrisMarshallNY 108 days ago | 0 comments
Carvana Is Cooking Its Books, Hindenburg Research Claims (gizmodo.com)
Carvana may be a house of cards. That’s according to investment research and activist short-selling firm Hindenburg Research (never a good sign to be the subject of ire from a company named after a famous disaster), which published a report on Thursday that accuses the online used car seller of “accounting manipulation” stemming from unstable loans that it is using to temporarily prop up its prospects while its father-son ownership team cashes out.
Finance, Accounting, Business, Automotive, Fraud
5 points by hilux 126 days ago | 0 comments
Bench.co acquired after informing staff company was insolvent (bench.co)
Employer.com, a leader in workforce management and business support solutions, is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Bench Accounting, a premier provider of bookkeeping services and financial solutions for small businesses.
Acquisitions, Business, Finance, Accounting, Startups
80 points by IG_Semmelweiss 128 days ago | 43 comments
Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down (techcrunch.com)
Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price in a last-minute deal, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Acquisitions, Startups, Accounting, Business
10 points by marban 130 days ago | 3 comments
Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down (techcrunch.com)
Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price in a last-minute deal, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Startups, Acquisitions, Accounting
107 points by Nelkins 130 days ago | 80 comments
Bench shuts down, leaving businesses without access to accounting and tax docs (techcrunch.com)
Bench, a Canada-based accounting startup that offered software-as-a-service for small and medium-sized businesses, has abruptly shut down, according to a notice posted on its website.
Business, Startups, Accounting, Software-as-a-Service
5 points by miles 132 days ago | 1 comments
Bench accounting services shutting down (bench.co)
We regret to inform you that as of December 27, 2024, the Bench platform will no longer be accessible.
Business, Accounting, Company Shutdowns
297 points by knuckleheads 133 days ago | 304 comments
Show HN: Double-entry accounting based personal finance app (getpaper.money)
PaperMoney enables you to track your expenses, net-worth, shared finances and investments with double-entry accounting.
Personal Finance, Accounting, Software, Finance Apps
63 points by aswinmohanme 163 days ago | 25 comments
Eventually consistent plain text accounting (tylercipriani.com)
Over the past six months, I’ve tracked my money with hledger—a plain text double-entry accounting system written in Haskell. It’s been surprisingly painless.
Accounting, Finance, Software, Haskell
74 points by thcipriani 177 days ago | 28 comments
Sketchy financials send Supermicro auditors running for the hills (theregister.com)
Supermicro shares took a nose dive on Wednesday, sliding more than 30 percent after the accounting firm hired to review its reporting practices resigned after determining they were just a bit too sketchy to warrant the risk.
Finance, Accounting, Business, Technology
90 points by rntn 191 days ago | 29 comments
Show HN: I've Built an Accounting System (github.com/denys-olleik)
GAAP and IFRS compliant implementation of a forward-only double-entry accounting method with a relational database. Suitable for U.S. and international organizations.
Software, Accounting, Finance, Open Source
214 points by journal 232 days ago | 71 comments
Double-Entry Bookkeeping for Hackers (markan.net)
Accountants use a system known as double-entry bookkeeping to track the finances of an organization. Double-entry bookkeeping is a simple idea, but it is difficult to find a clear and concise exposition.
Finance, Accounting, Software Development, Programming
37 points by excsn 234 days ago | 7 comments
Plain Text Accounting (PTA) (plaintextaccounting.org)
Welcome! Plain text accounting is a way of doing bookkeeping and accounting with plain text files and scriptable, command-line-friendly software, such as Ledger, hledger, or Beancount.
Accounting, Software, Command Line
334 points by iscream26 235 days ago | 120 comments
China Fines PwC $62M for Botching Its Work for Evergrande (nytimes.com)
Finance, China, Auditing, Accounting, Real Estate
5 points by redwood 238 days ago | 0 comments
Super Micro: Fresh Evidence of Accounting Manipulation, etc. (hindenburgresearch.com)
Accounting, Finance, Business, Investigations
22 points by h2odragon 255 days ago | 4 comments
Startup Finance for Founders – Part I, Accounting (2016) (rein.pk)
Startup Finance, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Business
209 points by sebg 287 days ago | 20 comments
AI Is Taking over Accounting Jobs as People Leave the Profession (forbes.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Accounting, Labor Market
15 points by Brajeshwar 356 days ago | 9 comments
Ask HN: Affording Accounting/SaaS for multiple side hustles? (ycombinator.com)
Side Hustles, Finance, Accounting
14 points by HopperSpeaker 384 days ago | 11 comments