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Could also be useful to partners in an LLC that can't be paid by W-2.

Smart idea.

Yep. I'm one of the founders and we all run our payments through Painless.

True story - our accountant sent me my personal bill last week and I had a heart attack until I remembered I have an account with cash in it specifically FOR my taxes this year. It was a "duhhh" kinda moment, but I've been so programmed as a consultant to freak out about 1099 taxes, so it was my default reaction even after spending the whole year building a solution.

Last year I was hit with a massive IRS bill I was completely unprepared for. Saved some money, but not nearly enough. Something like this would have absolutely saved me.

We'd love to have you this year. One of my partners got slammed with something like a $15,000 bill two years ago. That was the impetus for building out a platform to automate what's typically a pain in the ass.

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