About Us

Built for accuracy. Reviewed by a CPA.

MoneyMetricLab exists because most online finance calculators are wrong, outdated, or oversimplified. We built something different: a small site, deeply focused, where every calculation is verified by a Certified Public Accountant before it goes live.

Our Mission

To replace guesswork with verified math. We believe every American deserves access to accurate, expert-reviewed financial calculators — without the confusing legal jargon, intrusive ads, or outdated formulas that plague the rest of the internet.

When you use a paycheck calculator and it gives you the wrong answer because it's still using last year's Social Security wage base, that mistake costs you real money. When a property tax estimator ignores your state's homestead exemption, you might budget for the wrong amount when buying a house. We saw these problems everywhere we looked, and we built MoneyMetricLab to fix them.

The internet has thousands of calculators. Almost none of them are reviewed by a CPA. We're building the exception.

Meet the Team

MoneyMetricLab is built and operated by two co-founders who bring complementary expertise: technical accounting authority and senior engineering execution.

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Co-Founder & Lead Tax Reviewer

Benjamin Thomas

CPA · MST · PFS · CGMA

Benjamin is a Certified Public Accountant and tax specialist with over 15 years of corporate finance experience. He serves as Senior Associate at Forvis Mazars US — one of the nation's top 10 accounting firms — and previously held the role of Executive Director of Financial Control at Mizuho. At MoneyMetricLab, Benjamin reviews every tax and finance calculator's underlying methodology to ensure accuracy and current regulatory compliance.

Professional Experience

  • Senior Associate, CPA — Forvis Mazars US (2022–Present)
  • Executive Director, Financial Control — Mizuho (2017–2022)
  • Architected SAP S/4HANA enterprise rollout securing $5M in efficiencies
  • Resolved 90+ critical regulatory findings across Federal Reserve, OCC, and SEC

Education

  • Master of Science in Taxation — California State University, Northridge

Areas of Expertise

  • Federal & state tax compliance (ASC 606, 840, 842)
  • Multi-jurisdictional entity reporting
  • Federal Reserve, OCC, and SEC regulatory frameworks
  • International taxation and SEC swap dealer designations
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Co-Founder & Lead Engineer

Syed Masood Anwar

BS Computer Science · 13+ Years Experience

Masood is a Senior Web Developer with over 13 years of experience designing and building scalable web applications, enterprise platforms, and complex calculation systems. He architects the technical foundation that powers every calculator on MoneyMetricLab — ensuring formulas execute correctly, results display accurately across devices, and the user experience is fast, reliable, and accessible.

Professional Experience

  • Independent Senior Web Developer — Freelance (2021–Present)
  • Web Developer — Octadyne Systems (2010–2020)
  • Built enterprise CMS platforms with email, blog, news, newsletter modules
  • Featured project: Autojini Dealer Management System

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science — Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS)

Technical Expertise

  • ColdFusion / Lucee, PHP (Laravel, CodeIgniter)
  • JavaScript, React JS, REST API development
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server
  • ArcGIS / ESRI JavaScript SDK for GIS web mapping

What We Stand For

Accuracy First

If a calculation is wrong, nothing else matters. Every formula is verified against primary sources before publication.

Real Expertise

A real CPA reviews every tax calculator. No fake credentials, no AI-generated bios, no shortcuts on YMYL content.

No Dark Patterns

No email walls. No interstitial ads. No "create an account to see results." Just calculators that work.

Transparent Sources

Every number cites its source — IRS, FTB, EDD, SSA. We don't ask you to trust us; we show our work.

Updated Continuously

When laws change, our calculators update within days — not next year. Tax brackets, rates, and limits stay current.

Quality Over Quantity

We're building 102 calculators carefully, not 1,000 quickly. Each one gets the time it deserves.

Why We Built This

The web has thousands of calculator sites. Most fall into two camps: massive generalist sites with hundreds of mediocre calculators, or single-purpose sites built quickly for SEO without expert review. Both approaches share a fatal flaw: nobody actually checks the math.

We saw users making real financial decisions based on calculators that hadn't been updated in years. Tax brackets from 2022. Social Security wage bases from 2023. State SDI rates that became obsolete when California changed its law. The cumulative impact of all these small errors is significant — and entirely preventable.

So we built MoneyMetricLab differently. Smaller catalog. Slower pace. Real expert review. Primary sources only. Every calculator updated when it needs to be, not on an arbitrary annual schedule.

Will we be as big as Calculator.net or Omnicalculator? Probably not. But for the calculators we do publish, you can trust that the math is right and someone qualified looked at it before it went live.

Our Editorial Process

Every calculator on MoneyMetricLab follows the same five-step process:

  1. Research — Methodology built from primary sources only (IRS publications, state tax authority guidance, federal regulatory bodies)
  2. Engineering — Formulas implemented and tested by Masood against published examples and edge cases
  3. Expert Review — Benjamin Thomas, CPA, reviews accuracy and tax compliance
  4. Publication — Page goes live with author bylines, source citations, and last-updated date
  5. Continuous Update — Calculators are updated immediately when relevant tax laws change

Read our full editorial standards →

Have questions or feedback?

We respond to every email. Tell us what we got right, what we got wrong, or what calculator you wish we'd build next.

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