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Nearly three out of four founders admit they go into every filing season with gnawing doubt about whether they paid the right amount, overpaid or overlooked a key incentive. QuickBooks’ 2025 Financial-Literacy survey shows that fewer than half of business owners (48%) feel confident they’re paying taxes correctly — a confidence gap that scales to roughly seventy-plus percent who feel exposed in some way.
Additionally, the share of owners ranking “taxes” as their single biggest problem jumped to 18%, the highest reading since November 2021, according to the NFIB’s March 2025 Small Business Economic Trends report.
It’s reasonable to feel anxious