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Tinker LLC Manager — features

Built for sole owner / sole employee single-member LLCs. The primary product is a local desktop app (data on your machine). Mobile is a companion MVP.

Company setup & onboarding

  • App password + one-time recovery key
  • Import full export ZIP (including from the predecessor app)
  • NC LLC registration guide (SOS → EIN → bank → NCDOR → insurance → licenses → branding) with official links, uploads, and timetable
  • Incomplete setup items appear under Compliance
  • Company profile (legal/DBA names, logo, EIN, SOSID, NCDOR, formation date, address, contact, registered agent)
  • Tax election + personal filing status
  • Product tour (optional sample data; replayable)
  • Light / dark / system appearance
  • Document defaults (hourly rate, terms, checks payable, mileage billing)

Dashboard

  • Active jobs, overdue / upcoming filings (~90 days), docs ready to sign, 1099-NEC heads-up
  • Setup banner while the registration guide is incomplete

Compliance

  • Filing checklist: due dates, status, notes, required info, official URLs, attachments
  • Federal: annual return + quarterly estimated taxes
  • NC: annual report, income/franchise, sales/use, insurance/license keep-on-file, setup reminders
  • Records keep-on-file (operating agreement, EIN letter, and similar)
  • Ensure filings for a chosen year
  • Export compliance calendar (.ics)
  • Does not e-file — links you to government sites

Customers & jobs

  • Customers (individual or business): contact, addresses, search/sort
  • Per-customer mileage billing preference
  • Jobs: active/completed, line items (labor/parts), billable receipts, primary invoice
  • Split invoice across lines / receipts / mileage
  • Job site notes + photos (not printed on invoices)
  • Link to service agreement

Invoicing & documents

  • Templates: Invoice, Estimate/Quote, Receipt, Service Agreement, Change Order, W-9 request cover, Simple NDA
  • Line items, numbering, draft → ready to sign → signed / cancelled
  • On-device customer signature
  • PDF download / regenerate / upload signed PDF
  • Email PDF, print preview
  • Company branding on paperwork

Receipts & mileage

  • Receipt photo/PDF capture, crop, categorize; link to job/customer; billable flag
  • Job vs general lists + year totals
  • Log deductions without a photo
  • Job mileage (office ↔ site, round trip, IRS rate, optional invoice billing)
  • Auto distance via geocode + routing (opt-in; Tech & Tinker self-hosted Nominatim / OSRM)

Finances & tax planning

  • Year view: income, deductions, Schedule C–style profit, remaining estimated tax (planning only — not advice)
  • Owner tax planner (mileage, SE health, retirement, estimated payments)
  • Federal rate override; refresh published rates (opt-in)
  • NC flat state income tax in estimates
  • 1099-NEC threshold notice from customer labor totals
  • No tax filing or payroll

Security & privacy

  • Local app password; sessions on this machine only
  • Optional 6-digit PIN
  • Recovery key → reset password
  • Break-glass wipe (DELETE ALL LOCAL DATA)
  • Settings → delete / reset app
  • Master offline; address lookup; mileage routing; tax-rate refresh (all opt-in)
  • Anonymous telemetry / crash reports (opt-in, off by default)
  • In-app privacy policy
  • Storage usage (DB / images / PDFs)

Import / export & backups

  • Full ZIP export (password-protected by default)
  • Database-only ZIP; customers CSV; contacts CSV
  • Import full ZIP (welcome or Settings)
  • Scheduled encrypted backups outside the data folder (opt-in)
  • OS keychain for app password (desktop)

Sync & mobile

  • Cloud-folder sync (iCloud / OneDrive / shared folder): encrypted packages, passphrase, merge, conflict review — in Settings
  • Conflict resolver (keep local / remote / both)
  • Wipe → pull-only until re-enroll
  • LAN pairing and hosted server sync: implemented in code, not mounted on Settings yet
  • Mobile: password / PIN / recovery / break-glass
  • Mobile: LAN invite hello probe; import/merge cloud package (MVP)
  • Mobile full CRM UI and store uploads: not yet

Updates

  • Direct builds: check / download / install from feed; Install from file… (downloaded DMG/EXE)
  • App Store / MS Store: store updater only — no sideloaded installers
  • Signed/notarized release binaries: deferred (certs)

Help & legal

  • Help: version, email support, bug report (no business records), privacy, orientation
  • Searchable glossary (federal + NC)
  • Draft privacy / terms / third-party inventory (attorney review deferred)

Explicit non-features

  • Not legal, tax, or insurance advice
  • Does not file with SOS / IRS / DOR for you