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Mike Thrift

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Как се облагат препродажбите на спортни карти и колекционерски предмети: Данъчната ставка от 28%, данъчната основа и трите категории на IRS

Спортните карти се облагат като колекционерски предмети с до 28% дългосрочен данък върху капиталовите печалби, по-висок от този върху акции.

The Rule of 72: The Mental-Math Shortcut Every Business Owner Should Use Before Investing Retained Earnings

Divide 72 by an annual rate and you get the approximate years for money to double: $50,000 at 9% doubles in 8 years, while a 24% credit card balance doubles what you owe in 3. How business owners can use the Rule of 72 to compare investments, price debt, and gauge inflation's drag on idle cash.

Tire Retreading Bookkeeping: Why the Casing on Your Shelf Is Worth More Than the Rubber You Just Cured

How tire retreaders should book casing custody, core credits, and warranty adjustments — customer-owned casings stay off your inventory, core credits are an inventory purchase rather than an expense, and prorated warranty claims justify a monthly accrued reserve. Includes example beancount entries and a minimal chart of accounts.

Visa Just Cut Your Chargeback Tolerance by a Third: What the 1.5% VAMP Threshold Means for Small Merchants

On April 1, 2026, Visa's VAMP program cut the merchant fraud-and-dispute threshold from 2.2% to 1.5% in the US, Canada, EU, and Asia-Pacific. Here's how the (TC40 + TC15) ÷ settled transactions ratio works, the 1,500-event monthly floor, the $8-per-transaction penalty, and six concrete steps to stay under the line.

How to Book a Workers' Comp Dividend Check (and Why a Retro-Rating Plan Can Also Send You a Bill)

Workers' comp dividend checks and retro-rating adjustments arrive 6–30 months after a policy expires. Dividends are discretionary — book them as a reduction of insurance expense when declared, never accrued in advance. Retro adjustments are contractual — accrue the estimated premium as a liability in the period the losses occurred, then true up at each 6-, 18-, and 30-month adjustment.

2026 Shipping Rate Hikes: Why Your UPS, FedEx, and USPS Bill Rose More Than the Advertised 5.9%

UPS and FedEx raised list rates 5.9% for 2026 and USPS raised Ground Advantage rates 7.8%, but small e-commerce shippers are seeing 10-20% higher bills because USPS cut its DIM divisor from 166 to 139, additional handling and delivery area surcharges rose 6.4-14% by zone, and surcharge eligibility thresholds widened.

Bookkeeping for Affiliate Income: Amazon Associates, LTK, and ShareASale

Amazon Associates pays roughly 60 days in arrears, ShareASale and Impact pay per merchant program rather than as a single payer, and the 2026 1099-NEC threshold rose from $600 to $2,000 — so most affiliate income now arrives with no tax form at all, making a monthly earned-basis reconciliation the only reliable way to track what you actually owe.

Agentic Commerce for Small Retailers: How to Get Your Store Recommended by AI Shopping Agents

AI-driven traffic to US retail sites rose 393% year over year in Q1 2026, and AI-referred shoppers now convert 42% better than other visitors. A practical guide for small retailers on structured product data, the ACP and UCP protocols, llms.txt, detecting AI agent traffic in server logs, and tracking agent-referred revenue by channel.

AI Accounts Payable Automation for Small Businesses: Costs, Savings, and How to Choose

Manual invoice processing costs $13–$30 per invoice, roughly 4 in 10 invoices contain errors, and over half are paid late. This guide breaks down what AI accounts payable automation actually does — capture, coding, approval routing, payment — what it cuts the per-invoice cost to, and the five criteria that separate small-business-friendly AP tools from enterprise overkill.

AI Phone Agents for Small Businesses in 2026: Costs, Failure Modes, and a Rollout Plan

Small businesses lose over $126,000 a year to missed calls, and 62% of incoming calls go unanswered. AI phone agents now answer, qualify, and book those calls for $99–$299/month — a 93–95% discount versus a $53,700 in-house receptionist. Here's what they cost in 2026, where they fail, and how to roll one out starting with overflow calls.