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Map-based expense tracking + Schedule C tax prep for America's 31M self-employed. Every receipt lost is ~$13K a year in missed deductions. B-ZEC captures the moment — one tap on a map, OCR reads the receipt, the deduction is computed on-device. Your financial data never leaves your mobile device — SQLCipher-encrypted, local-only. Coming Q2 2026 to iOS and Android.
Hey Product Hunt ~
I'm HS Kim, one half of a 2-person team based in Korea.
I've never personally filed a Schedule C — but over the past few months I read 16 IRS publications to understand the tax pain of America's 31M self-employed.
What I found: a majority of sole proprietors underreport income, often by five figures a year — not because of fraud, but because of poor recordkeeping (GAO-24-106449). The result is an estimated ~$80B annual tax gap.
Every existing tool — QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Expensify — focuses on end-of-month reconciliation. But the moment that actually matters is the 10 seconds right after you swipe your card, before the receipt fades or gets lost.
B-ZEC is built around that 10-second window:
• Tap a pin on the map → camera opens → OCR reads the receipt → deduction auto-computed
• Everything runs on-device. No servers. No cloud. SQLCipher-encrypted local DB.
• Schedule C-ready reports with audit-ready documentation built in.
We're pre-launch, shipping Q2 2026 on iOS and Android. Follow us for the launch — I'd especially love to hear from U.S. self-employed folks who've felt that 10-second friction firsthand.
Full research essay: https://b-zec.com/bzec_essay.html
Cheers,
HS Kim
tapping the map to drop a receipt is way more intuitive than digging through photos later, and the on-device OCR feels snappy
Really glad to see the local-only approach since most expense apps feel like data grabs. One idea: add mileage tracking that auto-detects drives via motion sensors and ties them to the same map pin system, since vehicle expenses are a huge Schedule C line item most folks under-claim.
Tap-to-capture on the map is genuinely clever, feels way faster than digging through photos later. Love that everything stays on-device too.
The map-based capture idea is really smart for people who forget receipts while out. One thing that would make me actually switch from my current setup: add a mileage tracker that ties drives to specific client jobs, since that deduction is huge for self-employed folks and right now I bounce between three different apps to log it all.
tapping a map pin to log a receipt is such a natural way to track expenses, especially for gig workers who are constantly moving between jobs. the local-only encryption angle is a nice trust signal too.
About B-ZEC on Product Hunt
“Tap. Log. Done. Tax prep without the spreadsheet.”
B-ZEC was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 10 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #158 on the daily leaderboard. Map-based expense tracking + Schedule C tax prep for America's 31M self-employed. Every receipt lost is ~$13K a year in missed deductions. B-ZEC captures the moment — one tap on a map, OCR reads the receipt, the deduction is computed on-device. Your financial data never leaves your mobile device — SQLCipher-encrypted, local-only. Coming Q2 2026 to iOS and Android.
B-ZEC was featured in Fintech (47.2k followers), Maps (12.8k followers) and Money (4.6k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 25.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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