Indie MRR + Tax Dashboard
A clean, single-screen dashboard that reads your Stripe data and shows real MRR, churn, and a running quarterly tax estimate, built for solo founders who want financial clarity without an enterprise analytics suite. The numbers that actually matter, none of the ones that do not.
🎯The Problem
A solo founder doing $6k/mo on Stripe opens the Stripe dashboard and sees gross volume, not MRR, not net churn, and definitely not how much to set aside for quarterly taxes. They cobble together a spreadsheet, get the MRR math subtly wrong (counting annual plans as monthly), and have no idea their effective churn is creeping up until growth stalls. They want a 'freelancer income dashboard' feel at $9-19/mo, finance visibility for one person, not a $200/mo analytics platform built for a finance team.
💡The Solution
Connect Stripe read-only. It computes true MRR (normalizing annual and monthly plans), net and gross churn, ARPU, LTV, and a live quarterly tax estimate based on your set-aside rate and jurisdiction. One uncluttered screen, plus a monthly email recap so you always know your numbers without opening anything.
👥Target Users
Solo SaaS founders and indie hackers doing $1k-$30k/mo on Stripe who want clear finance and tax visibility without enterprise analytics pricing or complexity.
📊Difficulty: 4/10 — Beginner-Friendly
This is a beginner-friendly micro-SaaS idea, ideal for first-time builders or developers looking for a manageable side project. Ideas at this difficulty level typically involve straightforward architectures, well-documented APIs, and clear user flows.
Estimated Timeline
A few weekends to a working MVP
Skills Needed
Basic web development, a simple database, and a payment integration
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