Effective date: 2026-10-04 Last updated: 2026-10-04
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Norris Labs, LLC ("Aside," "we," "us") governing your use of the Aside mobile application (the "App"). Please read Section 4 (Not Tax Advice) and Section 9 (Limitation of Liability) carefully — they limit our responsibility to you.
By creating an account or using the App, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old, a resident of the United States, and able to form a binding contract to use the App. The App is offered only to users in the United States. By using it, you represent that you meet these requirements.
2. What Aside is
Aside is an estimation tool for self-employed gig drivers. It helps you record income, mileage, and expenses and produces estimates of self-employment and federal income tax and quarterly amounts to consider setting aside.
3. What Aside is NOT
Aside does not prepare or file tax returns, does not generate official tax forms, and does not transmit anything to the IRS or any tax authority. It does not account for your full tax situation — including state and local taxes, your filing status, other income or withholding, your household, or many deductions and credits you may be entitled to.
The App's exports and reports are convenience summaries of the information you entered. They are not official tax forms, are not filed with any authority, and are not a substitute for the contemporaneous, accurate records you are required to keep (including a contemporaneous mileage log). Do not present them as an independently verified, official, or filed record.
4. Not tax advice; no professional relationship
The App does not provide tax, legal, accounting, or financial advice. Its outputs are estimates for informational purposes only. Using the App does not create an accountant-client, attorney-client, fiduciary, or other professional relationship between you and us. We are not your tax preparer or advisor.
You are solely responsible for your tax obligations, including determining what you actually owe, making payments on time, and filing accurate returns. Before relying on any figure from the App, consult a qualified tax professional.
5. No warranty of accuracy
We work to make the App's calculations reasonable, but tax rules are complex and change, and the App relies on information you enter and on simplifying assumptions. We do not warrant that any estimate is accurate, complete, or suitable for your situation. Estimates may differ — potentially significantly — from your actual tax liability. You accept the risk of relying on any estimate.
6. Your responsibilities
You agree to:
- provide accurate and truthful information, and not falsify, inflate, or backdate any entry;
- keep your account credentials secure;
- use the App only for your own lawful tax-planning purposes;
- verify any figure with a qualified professional before relying on it; and
- not misuse the App (see §7 and §7A).
You are responsible for all activity under your account.
7. Acceptable use
You may not: reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code except as permitted by law; disrupt or overload the service; access another user's data or attempt to circumvent the App's access controls; use the App to violate any law, including to evade taxes or to create, store, or transmit false or fraudulent records; or resell or commercially redistribute the App without our written permission.
7A. No fraudulent or false use
You agree not to use the App to create, store, or export false, inflated, or misleading records, or to assist any tax or financial fraud. Without limiting the foregoing, you will not:
- enter or import income, mileage, trip, odometer, expense, vehicle, or depreciation information you know to be inaccurate, fabricated, or overstated;
- record personal trips, mileage, or expenses as business;
- enter or alter the date of any entry to misrepresent when a trip or expense occurred, or to manufacture a contemporaneous record after the fact;
- upload any receipt or image that has been altered or that does not reflect a genuine expense; or
- use any export, report, or figure from the App to substantiate a false or fraudulent position to the IRS, any tax authority, lender, insurer, government program, or other third party.
You are solely responsible for the truthfulness of the information you enter and for any use you make of the App's outputs.
8. Subscriptions, billing, and cancellation
The App offers a free tier and an optional paid subscription ("Aside Pro").
- Billing is handled by the app store (Apple App Store or Google Play), not by us, under that store's terms. We do not receive your payment card details.
- Auto-renewal: paid subscriptions renew automatically at the then-current price for the same period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Current pricing is shown in the App before purchase.
- Managing and cancelling: manage or cancel your subscription through your app store account settings. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.
- Refunds are handled by the app store under its policies; we do not separately provide refunds outside the store's process.
- We may change subscription features or pricing prospectively; we will give notice as required, and changes will not affect the period you have already paid for.
9. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Norris Labs, LLC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, or goodwill, or for any tax penalties, interest, or additional tax liability, arising from your use of or reliance on the App — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the App will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) US$50.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Norris Labs, LLC harmless from claims and costs (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your misuse of the App or violation of these Terms, to the extent permitted by law.
11. Intellectual property
The App, its content, and its branding are owned by Norris Labs, LLC and protected by law. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App for your personal, non-commercial tax-planning purposes. Your own data remains yours; you can export or delete it at any time (see the Privacy Policy).
12. Termination
You may stop using the App and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, if we reasonably believe the App is being used to commit fraud or to create or store false records, or to protect the service or other users. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including §4, §5, §7A, §9, §10, and §13) will survive.
13. Governing law; dispute resolution; arbitration
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Dakota, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
Informal resolution first. Before starting an arbitration, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by emailing a description of it to support@norrisresearchlabs.com and giving us 60 days to resolve it. This step is required before either party may begin arbitration.
Binding arbitration. If we cannot resolve a dispute informally, you and Norris Labs, LLC agree that any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App will be settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules — and, for any coordinated or mass filings, the AAA Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules — before a single arbitrator, seated in North Dakota (you may elect to appear by video or telephone). Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. This arbitration agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
Class-action and jury-trial waiver. YOU AND NORRIS LABS, LLC AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims or preside over any class or representative proceeding. YOU AND WE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
Small-claims exception. Either party may instead bring an individual claim in a small-claims court in North Dakota if the claim qualifies.
Injunctive relief. Either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in the North Dakota courts to protect its intellectual property or confidential information, without waiving this arbitration agreement.
Right to opt out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing support@norrisresearchlabs.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. If you opt out, disputes will instead be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in North Dakota. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.
14. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms. If changes are material, we will notify you in the App or by email before they take effect. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms.
15. Contact
support@norrisresearchlabs.com, 3003 32nd Ave S, Ste 240, Fargo, ND 58103.