For accounting firms and accountants

Your clients keep asking. Now you can say yes

Business clients ask you to form entities, file annual reports, and keep them compliant, and today you either turn it away or do it by hand. Offer it through File.Business instead, by referral or under your own brand, and keep the relationship, the deadlines, and the revenue while we handle the filings.

Your brand, kept Revenue share SOC 2 Type II
The filing engine behind accounting firms White-label available Revenue share on referrals 4.9 from 8,200+ reviews SOC 2 Type II
Keep clients
No more sending them elsewhere to form an entity
New revenue
Revenue share or margin on a service you already field
No filing desk
We do the paperwork, you keep the advisory
One calendar
Every client's deadlines tracked in one place
The work you keep handing away

Stop sending your best clients somewhere else to file

Every accounting firm fields the same requests: form this LLC, elect S-corp, file the annual report, handle the registered agent. Do it by hand and it eats staff time you would rather bill; turn it away and the client goes to a filing service that may then upsell them on the very advisory work you do. Either way you lose.

File.Business becomes the filing engine behind your firm. You keep advising on tax and structure, we handle formation, registered agent, and compliance filings, and you choose whether it runs on our brand, yours, or fully in the background.

Handling it the hard way
  • Filings done by hand between deadlines
  • Clients sent to a filing service
  • Compliance dates tracked in spreadsheets
  • Revenue left on the table
  • Someone else upselling your clients
Partnered with File.Business
  • Filings handled by us, not your staff
  • Clients stay inside your firm
  • Every deadline on one calendar
  • Revenue share or margin on the work
  • Your brand front and center
Three ways to partner

Pick how involved you want to be, see how it works

From a simple referral to a fully branded service, choose the model that fits your firm and watch how the pieces line up.

ReferralThe simplest way to start
Whose brand
Co-branded with File.Business
Who does the filing
File.Business, start to finish
What you keep
The relationship and revenue share
Best for
Firms testing the waters

Share a link, the client is onboarded, and you earn revenue share while we handle everything. The lightest lift to get started. Talk to partnerships.

How the partnership runs

From first referral to a service line that runs itself

Five steps, in the right order. Select one to see the detail.

Step 1

Choose refer, white-label, or managed

We walk you through the three models and help you pick the one that fits your firm's size, brand, and how hands-on you want to be. You can start with referral and move up later.

The right level of involvement for your firm.
Model: CHOSEN
Brand approach set
Ready to set up
Step 2

Set up your partner workspace

We create your firm's workspace, add your team with the right access, and, if you chose white-label, apply your branding to the intake, filings, and compliance calendar clients see.

Your workspace, your brand, your team.
Workspace: READY
Team access set
Branding applied
Step 3

Onboard your clients

Send a client a link or add them yourself. Intake is quick, and the first filing can start the same week. Existing clients can be brought in for ongoing compliance too.

New and existing clients, onboarded fast.
Clients: ONBOARDED
Intake complete
First filing queued
Step 4

We file, you keep advising

File.Business handles formation, registered agent, annual reports, and the rest, while you coordinate tax and S-corp decisions. The client sees one smooth service, and the advisory stays yours.

Filings by us, advisory by you. On one calendar.
Filings: HANDLED
You advise on tax
Client stays yours
Step 5

Track deadlines and grow the line

Every client's filings and renewals sit in one workspace, so nothing is missed, and reporting shows your firm the revenue the service adds. Scale it across your whole client base at your pace.

One workspace, every deadline, clear reporting.
Deadlines: TRACKED
Revenue reported
Growing at your pace
How this compares for a firm

Built to sit behind your firm, not to take your clients

Most filing services want your client. Here is the difference.

CapabilityFile.BusinessDIY in-houseGeneric filerBig registered agent
Keeps your brand front and centerNoNo
Handles the filings for youNo
Revenue share to your firmBill itNoSometimes
Full compliance calendar per clientManualNoAdd-on
Will not upsell your clientsNoNo
Transparent, published pricingYour ratesPer filingQuote

The honest version. For a complex legal structure a client still needs an attorney, and nothing here is legal advice. What File.Business does is run the routine formation and compliance filings behind your firm so you keep the client and the advisory. Compare on the comparison hub.

BosAI for your firm

An operator who knows the filing playbook

Ask in plain English. BosAI knows partner models, filings, and compliance across your clients.

BosAIPartner workspace, Maple and Cole CPAs

My client needs an LLC in two states and an S-corp election. Can I offer all that?

Yes, in one flow. We handle the formation in the home state, the foreign qualification in the second, and the registered agent in both, and we file the S-corp election you advise on. Under white-label the client sees only your firm. I have queued it and put both states' annual reports on the calendar.

Do I have to worry about beneficial ownership reporting for them?

For a US-formed company, no, under the 2025 rule they are exempt from filing a beneficial ownership report. If a client is formed abroad and registered here, that one generally still reports. I keep the current rules loaded so you can give accurate guidance without tracking it yourself.

Does my firm's brand show, or yours?

Whatever you chose. On white-label, clients see Maple and Cole throughout, from intake to the compliance calendar, and we stay invisible. On referral it is co-branded. You can switch as your firm grows into it. See white-label.
From a firm partner

A new service line without a new desk

We used to send clients to a filing site to set up their entities, and more than once that site turned around and pitched them on bookkeeping. With File.Business white-label, formation and compliance now happen under our name, our staff never touch a state form, and we earn on work we used to give away. Clients think we built a whole new department. We just partnered.
Managing partner
Regional CPA firm
Clients kept
no more sending them out
Zero forms
staff never touch filings
New revenue
on work they gave away

Representative composite based on partner firm outcomes. Nothing here is legal or tax advice; consult your professionals for your situation.

For the questions firms actually ask

Straight answers on models, filings, and brand

How does a partnership with File.Business work?
You choose how involved you want to be. Refer clients with a link and earn revenue share while we handle everything, offer the service under your own brand as white-label so clients never leave your firm, or have us manage the work behind the scenes while you stay the point of contact. In every model you keep the relationship and we handle the filings.
Do I need to be a law firm to offer entity formation?
No. Filing formation documents and acting as a registered agent are not the practice of law, and File.Business handles them as a filing service, not legal advice. You keep advising your clients on tax and structure, and we do the paperwork, so nothing crosses into legal work you are not set up for.
Can I keep my own branding?
Yes, with the white-label model your clients see your firm's brand throughout, from the intake to the filings and the compliance calendar. We operate quietly in the background. If you prefer, referral keeps it simple and co-branded instead. See white-label.
What filings can you handle for my clients?
Formation of LLCs and corporations, EINs, registered agent service, annual reports, DBAs, foreign qualification, sales tax registration, and beneficial ownership reporting where it applies. You coordinate the tax work and S-corp elections; we handle the state and federal filings and keep every deadline on a calendar.
How does beneficial ownership reporting affect my clients now?
Under the 2025 interim final rule, companies formed in the United States are exempt from filing a beneficial ownership report, while entities formed abroad and registered to do business here generally still must report. We track the current requirements so you can give clients accurate guidance without watching the rules yourself.
Will this compete with the advisory work I do?
No, it complements it. The filing and compliance work is the part firms least want to do by hand, and offering it lets you keep clients who would otherwise go elsewhere to form an entity. Your high-value tax and advisory work stays exactly where it is.
How do you keep client data secure?
File.Business is SOC 2 Type II and handles client data under strict controls, with role-based access and audit logging. Partner firms get their own workspace, and you control who on your team can see what. See team accounts.
How do I get started?
Talk to our partnerships team, pick the model that fits your firm, and we set up your workspace and, if you choose white-label, your branding. Your first client can be onboarded the same week. Pricing for clients is published and transparent. Talk to us.
Your clients, your brand, our filings

Add the service line without building the desk

Pick a partner model, set up your workspace, and start offering entity and compliance under your firm. Talk with our partnerships team to get set up this week.

SOC 2 Type II · Not a law firm · State fees passed through at cost