Collective Handles the Hard Stuff Collective handles all the difficult bookkeeping and payroll aspects of running your own business and they do it while saving you tons on your taxes. You're paired with real people who genuinely care about your success and that, in and of itself, makes the cost worth it over and over again.

Highly recommend Collective for creative small businesses! Collective has helped get my business in shape with LLC filing, taxes, bookkeeping and more (like payroll!). They always keep me updated on deadlines and organized with their portal.

Love this service! I've used Collective for over 2 years now to set-up and assist with my S-Corp, and it has been a life saver. I had no idea what I was doing before using them, and random tax and regulatory things will pop up that I would not have known/paid/understood if Collective had not flagged them for me and been there to answer my questions. Before using Collective (they weren't available in my state at the time) I also tried to find another service that does the same thing, but after weeks of looking I literally could not. Some companies do parts of what Collective does, and some do others, but none of them did it all. I recommend Collective 100% and I'll continue using them for sure! :)

Optimized the way I do business Collective has taken a huge burden off my shoulders and saved my business quite a bit of money. Look money isn't my strong suit (other than making it), and to know I'm in good hands is :chefs kiss:. It allows me to focus on the more important things in business.

Stay far away... If you're a creator, stay far away from Collective. Their service is unreliable, and it's impossible to get ahold of one person who is actually able to get anything done. During sales calls, I was promised their tax service would be prompt. I gave them everything they needed mid-Jan and explained I was pregnant (due Apr 1st), so I needed my business tax return ASAP. I was promised it would be prioritized. Instead, it's been over a month, I've been passed around to about a dozen different people, and I still have yet to receive anything I need. Communication is slow. Their dashboard is buggy and annoying to use. I've also received emails from them with other business financial data, so their privacy and security are also major concerns. As a business owner, I don't like having my time wasted. The whole point of turning to this service was to save me time. Instead, I've quadrupled the number of hours I'm spending on the financial side of things because I have to waste so much time chasing them to get anything done. All in all, just a terrible experience, and I wish I'd never used them.