Building the future of tax preparation

Filed began with a simple moment: an accountant unable to onboard my prior business due to staffing issues. That sparked a deeper question—how could we help the profession?

In July 2024, we flew to the Midwest and embedded ourselves inside accounting firms, with small firms in a strip mall to mid size firms. We saw the reality: fax machines, paper drop-offs, and overworked teams. We started prototyping shiny software, thinking this would solve the problems, but quickly realized the core issue wasn’t tools—it was labor.

That insight came from a single question from a CPA we showed our prototype to: “How would my team in India use this?” We flew to India, dug in, met dozens of offshore teams, and discovered that much of the work was repetitive—perfect for AI.

Filed was born to give firms choice and control. We help them keep work onshore with AI, or level up offshore operations with automation.

In Q1 2025, we helped firms process tens of thousands of returns. And we’re just getting started. Filed exists to power the modern accounting workforce—wherever it sits.