Hire Indian accountants based on proof, not promises.

Yes, and you can do it without an account. What is available today is full example profiles showing exactly what a real one contains, plus the candidates we put in front of you directly once we know what you are hiring for.

Open search across the whole network, with filters, is being built and is not live yet. We would rather say that plainly than let you plan a busy season around a search box that does not exist.

Enough to decide whether to talk, and not enough to go around us. You see the role and years of experience, region, software and the depth claimed in each, industry and US accounting exposure, availability and hours of overlap, compensation expectation, and which checks have been completed with the date of each.

You do not see the accountant's full name, photograph, email, phone number or employer history in identifiable form. Those are released when an introduction is accepted, and the accountant decides that, not us. This is enforced server side in lib/authz, not by hiding fields in the page.

Evidence of how someone approaches accounting work, rather than a description of jobs they have held. The intended set is anonymised work samples, synthetic bookkeeping exercises, reconciliation and month-end-close scenarios, and reporting or spreadsheet tasks.

What exists today is narrower and worth being exact about: a written account of a real problem the accountant solved, and a ten-question exam on US tax and accounting. Both are marked by a person. The exercises and work samples are still being built, and assessment results are not yet displayed on profiles.

Accountants are told never to upload client-identifiable or confidential material, and Work Proof is designed around synthetic and anonymised data for that reason.

It means one specific check was completed on one specific date, and nothing beyond that. There are three: identity, an English writing assessment, and qualification. Each is stamped by a person after reviewing what the accountant provided, and each shows its own date on the profile.

There is deliberately no single “verified accountant” badge, because that would suggest everything on the profile has been checked and it has not. We do not run reference checks, criminal-record or credit checks, or right-to-work screening. If your firm needs any of those, run them as part of your own process.

Yes, and there is no card involved at any point in it. The honest detail is that self-serve posting is not built yet, so today it works by you telling us the role in the form on this page and us setting it up with you.

That is slower than a form you fill in yourself, and it is also why the roles we do set up tend to be better written. When self-serve posting ships, the first one stays free.

A verified firm gets one introduction at no cost. You request it against a specific accountant, we ask them, and if they accept you receive their identity and contact details and can take the conversation off the platform entirely.

The accountant can decline, and some do. An introduction is a request, not a purchase, and we are not willing to sell you access to somebody who has not agreed to it.

It stops. There is no automatic renewal and nothing to cancel, because there is no subscription running in the background.

Anyone you already contacted stays contactable: an accepted introduction is not revoked when a pass lapses, and any conversation you have moved to email is yours. What ends is new contact access and the broader search and filtering tools.

No. You engage them directly. Most firms take the accountant on as an independent contractor who invoices them; some move a long-term hire onto an employer-of-record platform. How you classify and structure that relationship is a decision for your firm and your own advisor.

AccountingTalent is not the employer, not a party to your agreement, and takes no part of what you pay the accountant.

No. We do not run payroll, withhold or remit tax, or act as an employer of record, and we do not take on your firm's compliance obligations.

Paying an accountant in India works the same way as paying any overseas contractor. Most firms use an international transfer service or a contractor-payment platform that handles conversion and keeps the paperwork together; some wire directly. We can share how firms do this in practice and what documentation is worth keeping.

What your firm is required to collect, report and withhold is a question for your own accountant and counsel. Worker classification, cross-border payment and tax treatment vary by jurisdiction and by firm, and we are not your advisor on any of it.

Not as employers. The network exists so that firms and accountants deal with each other directly, and an agency listing accountants it intends to re-let at a margin is the arrangement this is built to avoid.

If you are an agency and think there is a version of this that works for everyone, write to us rather than signing up as a firm. We would rather have the conversation than find out later.

Tell us, because at this size that is genuinely useful information rather than a support ticket. The network is early and there are roles it cannot fill yet.

A Hiring Pass carries a stated guarantee: find at least three people you would genuinely consider interviewing, or you get another 30 days at no cost. If we cannot get you to three in that time either, we will say so rather than sell you a second pass.

We do the search and the first screen. It starts with a conversation about the role, and usually some work on the role definition itself, because most offshore hires go wrong at the job description rather than at the interview.

You get five recommended people with availability confirmed before you see them, interview coordination, and one replacement shortlist if the first set misses. It is US$750 per shortlist, and it includes a 30-day Hiring Pass once passes are live.

No. You and the accountant agree compensation between you, and the whole of it goes to them. We never take a percentage of anyone's salary, at any point, and there is no per-seat monthly margin.

This is the single clearest difference from an offshore staffing arrangement, where a monthly seat rate is charged for as long as the person works for you and only part of it reaches them. Our revenue is the plans on this page and nothing else.

Mostly a platform, and honestly a bit of both right now. The product is a professional network where accountants build a verifiable record and firms find them through it, and that is what is being built.

But the network is early, so some of what we do is hands-on: introductions prepared by hand, shortlists put together by a person, roles written with you. The Curated Shortlist is openly a service rather than software. As search and posting ship, more of it becomes something you do yourself.

For the avoidance of doubt in either direction: we are not a staffing agency, not an employer, and not a party to any agreement between you and an accountant.

This is the question worth getting right before you hire, not after. If you disclose client tax return information to a preparer outside the United States, IRS Section 7216 sets out consent requirements, and consent generally has to be obtained in writing from the client before the disclosure. Firms doing audit or attest work also have PCAOB and AICPA confidentiality expectations to meet, and state boards may add their own.

Your firm holds those obligations. We do not take them on and cannot discharge them for you. What we can provide is a starting point: draft client-consent wording and a confidentiality and data-handling annexure you can put in front of your own counsel.

Have your advisors review anything we give you before you rely on it. These are templates, not legal advice, and whether they fit your firm's circumstances is a judgment only your advisors can make.

Treat a remote accountant the way careful firms treat any remote staff: a signed confidentiality agreement, least-privilege access to systems rather than a shared login, multi-factor authentication, sensible device and password policies, and a written plan for how access is revoked and data is returned or destroyed when an engagement ends.

Employment, contractor classification, taxpayer-data consent, and professional obligations vary by firm and jurisdiction. We are not your legal, tax, or compliance advisor; obtain advice appropriate to your circumstances.