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We built an app to help startup founders calculate tax. Help us name it...

https://ourselv.es/founder-app.png

We've built an app in a week to hone our React Native skills and help the founder community. It's super simple and meant to answer a simple but often misunderstood question: how much profit does my company need to generate for me to take home £X?

The app helps founders understand UK tax for themselves and their staff. We get asked how to do this all the time by friends and colleagues starting a business, paying themselves or hiring employees for the first time.

We've used a simple slider-based interface so you see the various tax brackets and how the ratios change at different income levels. (I think the app should probably be named around this UX interaction - although none of the below are except "Sliders")

Screenshot in the link.

We are ready to launch but still need a name...

So far we have ....

-Sliders
-Bean
-TakeHome
-Bread
-Stash
-Gather
-Wax (London slang for tax)
-Bacon
-Owl

Don't think any are clear winners here, but would love your input!

The app is, of course, free!

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    i normally just use this tool which came up with taxpack : )
    https://namelix.com/app/?keywords=tax+startup

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      Thanks Cwally - do quite like something-Pack, taxpack sounds too dull maybe. Great tool though - thanks for the recommendation.

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    Love the idea of the App! I'd go with a more explicit with name though.

    Perhaps something as boring as: Startup Tax Calculator

    I don't see much benefit in going with an abstract name. People want to know what they are downloading. (just my opinion)

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      Yeah I get what you mean - something obscure will be hard for people to find on App Store. Or the StartupCalc maybe.