The Lifestyle Accountant Toolkit contains many of the apps, tools and systems that I personally use and recommend. Every accountant needs great resources to manage their finances and life. Hopefully, they'll help you as much as they've helped me.

Finances

• Personal Capital / Mint - For viewing bank account balances and activity in one place
• CreditKarma - For free credit scores and monitoring
• AnnualCreditReport.com - For free credit reports from the 3 credit bureaus
• Betterment - For dead simple, low cost investing on auto-pilot
• Plastiq - For never having to write another check again. Pay your bills with a credit card and earn rewards.

easy money + Rewards

• Ebates - For earning cash back from online + in-store shopping
• Drop - For earning rewards on everyday spending
• American Express Platinum Credit Card - For earning a big sign-up bonus and exclusive travel benefits
• Rewards Network Dining - For earning rewards just for dining out at +11K restaurants, bars, and clubs

Traveling

• Nomad List - For searching where to travel next
• TripIt - For organizing travel plans
• Uber - For avoiding taxis at all costs
• Airbnb - For finding unique places to stay
• The Ultimate Financial Checklist For International Travel - For staying financially organized abroad

Travel Hacking

• AwardWallet - For managing loyalty rewards programs
• Abroaders - For help with complex airline miles redemption bookings
• Mad Travel Cards - For evaluating credit card offers
• Wallaby - For maximizing credit card rewards
• Pointimize - For finding hotel and flight redemption rates

Calculators + Worksheets

• Save Taxes by Moving - For seeing how much you can reduce your tax bill by moving
• The Runway Calculator - For seeing how your savings will change by moving, or not working
• The Lifestyle Accountant Spreadsheet Collection - For the spreadsheets I personally use to stay organized

Blogging

• Squarespace - For beautiful, easy to start websites
• MailChimp - For email marketing
• Hello Bar - For converting visitors to customers
• Buffer - For easily sharing social media posts
• Feedly - For reading and saving articles
• Canva - For creating graphic designs
• Unsplash - For free high-resolution photos
• Disqus - For building and engaging an audience

Business Operations

• Xero - For beautiful accounting software
• Google Drive - For spreadsheets, documents and presentations
• H&R Block Online - For DIY tax return preparation
• Virtual Post Mail - For an online mailbox
• HelloSign - For online signatures 
• Scannable by Evernote - For digitizing all paper
• 1Password - For saving passwords with a single click
• MileIQ - For automatically logging mileage

Communication

• Zoom - For virtual meetings
• Calendly - For scheduling meetings
• Gmail - For email

Learning & Inspiration

• Goodreads - For finding good books to read and sharing recommendations with friends
• Medium - For well written and inspiring reads
• Blinkist - For listening to books in 15 minutes
• The Lifestyle Accountant Library - For the books that have helped shape my journey
• Duolingo - For learning a language for free

Accountant Stuff

• Cloud Accounting Weekly - For staying up-to=date on the latest in accounting tech
• CPA Academy - For many free live and self-study CPE webinars
• Encoursa - For finding and managing CPE
• Mobile Accountant Toolkit - Tools for working online from anywhere in the world
• The Accountants Doing Cool Sh!t Podcast - For interviews with accounting entrepreneurs
• Going Concern - For accounting news

Finding Accounting Jobs

• Accountingfly - For searching accounting jobs
• FlexJobs - For finding flex accounting jobs
• RemoteOK - Remote finance jobs for digital nomads
• Upwork for Accounting Jobs - For freelance accounting projects
• LinkedIn - For easily applying to quality accounting jobs
• Accodex Partners - For becoming a freelance accountant
• Beech Valley Solutions - For finding top accounting freelance jobs on demand
• Craigslist - For searching local or remote accounting jobs
• AngelList - For searching local or remote accounting jobs at mostly tech companies
• Taxfyle - For earning extra money preparing tax returns online (CPAs only)

Note: some of the links in this list contain affiliate links at no additional cost to you but may pay me a small commission. I appreciate if you use my links to help cover the cost of maintaining this website!