RecordAdd the payment
For people who earn outside payroll
Find out what to set aside. In about ten seconds.
Nobody withholds tax on freelance income—you do. Get a number now, then keep your payments, savings, and paperwork in one place for the rest of the year.
No account needed to estimate Your money stays in your bank
Viewward does not file returns or give tax advice. Already registered? Sign in.
Consider setting aside
$10,000.00About $2,500.00 per estimated-tax period (25% of what you earned).
A planning estimate, not tax advice. It uses a flat rate and does not account for your filing status, deductions, credits, or other income. Viewward does not file returns, determine the tax you owe, or hold funds.
One clear workflow
From payment to review, without the scramble.
PlanSee what to save
OrganizeKeep documents together
ReviewShare clean records
Honest comparison
Sometimes a spreadsheet is enough.
A spreadsheet
Works until it doesn't
Free, and it will hold anything. It also will not tell you what to set aside, will not notice a missing 1099, and will not remind you before a deadline.
Full accounting software
More than most people need
Connects to your bank, finds deductions, and files for you. It costs two to three times as much, and most of it is built for running a business rather than getting one tax year in order.
Viewward
One tax year, in order
You record what you were paid, see what to hold back, keep the paperwork attached to it, and hand your accountant something clean. It does not connect to your bank and it does not file.
Know what needs attention
Open Viewward and know the next useful thing to do.
See what you earned, what you may still want to save, and which documents are missing—without decoding accounting language.
Walk through the samplePricing
Start free. Pay when it is doing real work.
Free
$0
- Up to 3 payments per tax year
- Planning estimates and quarterly dates
- Everything you record stays readable
- No document storage
- No review packets
Viewward Annual
$59/year
Founding rate for the first 100 workspaces, kept for as long as you stay. $99/year after that.
- Unlimited payments
- Document storage, scanned and private
- Review packets for your accountant
- Reminders before each deadline
- Invite your CPA or bookkeeper
Billing is not switched on yet. Workspaces created today start on the free tier, and nothing is charged until you choose to subscribe.
Viewward does not file returns or determine the tax you owe.
Tax savings stay in an account you control.
Only people you authorize can access your workspace.
Questions
What Viewward does, and what it will not do.
Does Viewward file my taxes?
No. Viewward organizes your records and produces planning estimates. It does not file returns, calculate the tax you actually owe, or submit anything to the IRS. When it is time to file, you or your tax professional do that with the records Viewward has kept.
Does it connect to my bank account?
No. There is no bank connection, and Viewward never touches your money. You record payments yourself or import them from a CSV your payment platform already produces. Any money you set aside stays in an account you control.
How is the suggested amount calculated?
It applies a flat planning rate to the income you have recorded, adjusted if tax was already withheld. That is deliberately simple, and it is why every figure is labelled an estimate rather than advice: it does not know your filing status, deductions, credits, or other household income. Confirm any number with a qualified tax professional before you rely on it.
I already use accounting software. Should I switch?
Then you may not need this. Viewward is narrower on purpose. It is for someone who wants one tax year organized and handed over cleanly, not someone running full books.
How private is my information?
Your workspace is private by default and only people you explicitly invite can see it. Records are isolated per workspace at the database level, uploaded documents are stored privately and scanned before they are accepted, and every change to a financial record is kept as history rather than overwritten.
What does it cost?
Recording your first few payments each tax year is free. Beyond that, and for document storage and review packets, Viewward is $99 a year. The first 100 workspaces pay $59 a year and keep that rate.
A cleaner tax season starts now