Tax Preparers + Investor Reporting: The Challenge
As tax preparer, preparing bank statements for investor reporting is a common but time-consuming task. Investors and VCs request bank statements during due diligence and ongoing reporting. Presenting raw PDF statements looks unprofessional and slows the process.
How BankScan AI Helps Tax Preparers with Investor Reporting
Convert client bank statements to organized Excel spreadsheets in seconds — verify W-2 income, find deductible expenses, and prepare returns faster during tax season. For investor reporting specifically, BankScan AI extracts Monthly burn rate, cash runway in months, revenue growth trajectory, customer co automatically.
How Tax Preparers Handle Investor Reporting
When preparing bank statements for investor reporting, tax preparers need to Tax preparers collect bank statements alongside W-2s, 1099s, and expense receipts during client intake. They review statements to verify reported inco. BankScan AI automates the data extraction step.
Key terms you'll encounter: W-2 matching, 1099 reconciliation, Schedule C, itemized deductions.
How It Works
Upload bank statement PDFs
Supports all major banks. Upload 12-24 months for due diligence; monthly or quarterly for ongoing investor reporting and board updates of statements for investor reporting.
AI extracts what you need
Our AI extracts Monthly burn rate, cash runway in months, revenue growth tra — formatted for tax preparers workflows.
Complete your investor reporting work
Download Excel files ready for investor reporting. Clean monthly summary with MRR/ARR reconciliation against bank deposits, burn rate trend, and cash runway calculation; presentation-ready for board decks
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Features for Tax Preparers — Investor Reporting
- Built for Tax Preparers — Saves 15-20 minutes per return on income verification and expense identification, adding up to 8-12 hours per week during peak tax season
- Software compatible — Output works directly with TurboTax Pro, Drake Tax, TaxSlayer Pro
- Built for Investor Reporting — Convert your bank statements to clean Excel spreadsheets for professional investor reporting, burn rate analysis, and due diligence document preparation.
- Key data extracted — Monthly burn rate, cash runway in months, revenue growth trajectory, customer concentration risk, related party transactions, founder salary and expenses
Compliance: Tax Preparers + Investor Reporting
When tax preparers prepare bank statements for investor reporting, specific compliance requirements apply.
- Tax preparers must obtain a PTIN from the IRS and comply with due diligence requirements under IRC Section 6695. Paid preparers must sign returns and include their PTIN. State-level requirements vary, with some states requiring registration, testing, or continuing education. IRS e-file mandates apply to preparers filing more than 10 returns.
- Legal basis: Companies Act 2006 section 431 (right of shareholders to inspect accounts); EIS/SEIS compliance requirements under ITA 2007 for tax-advantaged investors
Investor Reporting — Built for Tax Preparers
Due diligence typically runs 4-8 weeks with a tight data room deadline; ongoing investor reports are usually expected within 15 days of month-end
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