FAQ
Before you buy.
What about future versions?
You can keep using your version, and every update to it is included. Any future version is an optional upgrade.
What about tax-rule changes?
Every update to your version is included, including the tax-rule changes Mach releases for the tax year or years it covers. Any later version is an optional upgrade.
How many computers does a key cover?
One key covers your business. You and the people who work for you can use it on up to three PCs at a time: say a desktop, a laptop and a spare.
Do I need to renew?
No. There's no subscription and your key doesn't expire. After its one online check, about a month after you buy, your copy keeps running on the computers it's on, and your books are files you keep.
Why pay once instead of a subscription?
Your license doesn't expire and never needs renewing. Pay once and keep using Mach Works. Your books live on your own computer, not someone else's cloud, and you can export them and take them anywhere. They're yours.
Does it connect to my bank?
No, on purpose. Download your statement (CSV, OFX, QFX or QBO) and drop it in. It learns where each payee goes and files the usual ones for you, and nobody holds your bank login.
Is there a Mac version?
Not yet. Mach Works runs on Windows 11 at launch; a Mac version is coming soon.
Can I try it first?
Buy it and use it. If it isn't right for you, ask for your money back within 30 days.
What it needs
Windows 11 on a PC with an Intel or AMD processor. The internet to activate a key and for one check about a month later; after that, Mach Works runs offline. A Mac version is coming soon.
Updates
Every update to the version you buy is included. We may release later versions, for example for a later tax year, as separate, optional purchases; skip one and your copy keeps working. Each version gets fixes for bugs, security and tax forms, and we'll say on this site before that ends. New features come in the newest version. See what’s new.
Selling your business?
Deactivate the key on your PCs, then write to us and we’ll move it to the new owner, who takes over the License Agreement.
Does it run payroll?
Record the payroll your provider runs; we don't calculate or file it.
Does it log in to your bank?
Statements come in as files you download. Nobody holds your bank password.
Does it live in the cloud?
No web or phone app. It runs on your Windows PC, and your books stay there.
Can two people use it at once?
Mach Works is single-user: your books live on your own PC, for one person at a time. It doesn’t share company files over a network.
Does it file your return?
It fills in the figures; you or your accountant review and file.
Does it track inventory?
Mach Works doesn't currently support inventory or stock counts.