Hurdlr built a real-time tax engine for all 50 states and DC
Raj Bhaskar · EP 386: Hurdlr Saves You Tax Money, 10,000+ Users · Aug 14, 2016 · at 3:54
Hurdlr founder and CEO Raj Bhaskar explains his platform's core tax calculation technology designed for freelancers and 1099 contractors.
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“And so we built, we actually built a real time income tax calculation engine for all 50 states in DC.”
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