Kick keeps the books in real time. We turn them into the lowest tax bill you can legally pay.
Kick is the bookkeeping platform we recommend to every ETS client who's serious about clean books. Real-time AI categorization, no monthly close panic, every transaction tied to a real Schedule C / 1120-S line. Pair that with ETS strategy + tax returns + advisory, and you have the cleanest small-business tax stack on the market. We're a Kick affiliate — same price for you, small kickback to us if you sign up through the link below.
Same data. Different layers of leverage.
Most small businesses run with mismatched stacks: their accountant's books, their bookkeeper's books, and the bank's reality all disagree. Kick + ETS makes them tell the same story — and turns that story into real planning leverage.
Real-time bookkeeping
- Bank + card feeds auto-pulled daily
- AI categorization with custom rules
- Receipts attached via photo or email
- 1099 contractor tracking built-in
- Reports any time, not month-end only
- Replaces your bookkeeper, not your accountant
Strategy + tax returns + advisory
- Annual tax planning + scenario modeling
- S-corp election + reasonable comp setup
- Multi-entity returns (1120-S, 1065, 1120)
- Multi-state nexus + apportionment
- IRS notices + audit defense
- Year-round access via Basecamp portal
Three integration points. One source of truth.
- You sign up for Kick using our affiliate link — same price for you, supports ETS.
- Kick auto-categorizes your books in real time. We help you set up custom rules during onboarding so the categorization matches your tax-prep playbook.
- ETS reviews + reconciles quarterly. Anything Kick miscategorizes, we fix. Anything that needs a human judgment call (loan vs. owner draw, equipment vs. supply, etc.), we resolve.
- Year-end is two weeks, not two months. Books are already clean. We file. You go live your life.
- Quarterly check-ins: tax-planning conversations using Kick's real-time numbers, not last year's stale ones. Estimated tax payments calibrated to actual Q-by-Q income.
Who Kick + ETS actually serves.
Both tools optimize for clean books + proactive tax. They're a fit when those are real priorities.
- Small business owners with $150K+ revenue
- S-corp candidates or already S-elected
- Multi-entity owners who need one stack across all
- Real estate operators tracking rentals + ops separately
- Crypto-adjacent businesses (we handle the tax side)
- Founders tired of monthly bookkeeping surprises
- W-2 only, no business activity
- Under $50K business revenue (Kick is overkill)
- Pure cash businesses with no bank feed
- QuickBooks Desktop loyalists who refuse cloud
- Anyone shopping for the cheapest bookkeeping option
Books + tax, one boutique stack.
Sign up for Kick through our affiliate link, then book Discovery to layer ETS on top. Or book Discovery first — we'll walk you through both pieces on the call.
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