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Mike Thrift

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Buy Now, Pay Later Is Quietly Breaking Your Books: A Merchant's Guide to Accounting for Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay

BNPL providers pay merchants the full sale price minus a fee, then report gross volume on a 1099-K — so recording only the net deposit understates revenue and triggers IRS underreporter notices. Record gross sales through per-provider clearing accounts to keep fees, reserves, and 1099-K totals reconciled.

Cash vs. Accrual Accounting: How to Choose the Right Method (and When the IRS Forces Your Hand)

Cash accounting records revenue when money is received and expenses when paid; accrual accounting records revenue when earned and expenses when incurred. IRS Section 448 mandates the accrual method once a business's three-year average gross receipts exceed the $32 million threshold for 2026, and changing methods later requires Form 3115 plus a Section 481(a) adjustment.

The Short-Term Rental Loophole in 2026: How W-2 Earners Offset Income with Material Participation and 100% Bonus Depreciation

A walkthrough of the Section 469 seven-day rule, the three realistic material participation tests, and how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's permanent 100% bonus depreciation lets short-term rental owners offset W-2 income — plus the bookkeeping habits that survive an IRS audit.

ADA Title III Website and Mobile App Accessibility in 2026: A Practical WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance Guide for Small and Mid-Size Businesses

In 2025, plaintiffs filed 3,117 federal ADA Title III website accessibility lawsuits and an estimated 35,000–50,000 private demand letters reached U.S. businesses. This guide explains what WCAG 2.1 Level AA actually requires, why the Robles v. Domino's Pizza ruling and the DOJ's 2024 Title II rule made it the de facto standard, and how small and mid-size businesses can build a five-phase remediation roadmap and defensible paper trail before a demand letter arrives.

Bouncy House Rental Bookkeeping: ASC 606 Deposits, ASTM F2374 Wind Rules, and Section 179 for Inflatable Operators

How inflatable rental operators record customer deposits as deferred revenue under ASC 606, apply Section 179 to PVC inflatables and trailers, enforce ASTM F2374 wind thresholds (15 mph sustained operational shutdown), and track KPIs like revenue per truck-day, unit utilization, and refund rate.

Business Identity Theft: A Practical Detection and Recovery Playbook for Small Business Owners

A 72-hour response playbook for small business owners facing EIN-based tax fraud, registered agent hijacking, or payroll account takeover — including how to file IRS Form 14039-B, place fraud alerts at Dun & Bradstreet, Experian Business, and Equifax Small Business, and harden IRS, Secretary of State, banking, and payroll footprints year-round.

All-In Pricing in 2026: SB 478, the FTC Junk Fees Rule, and the State Compliance Patchwork

California SB 478, the FTC Junk Fees Rule, and new Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Connecticut statutes require all-in pricing across hotels, tickets, restaurants, and subscriptions in 2026. A practical compliance checklist covering pricing engines, third-party feeds, frontline scripts, and the accounting reclassification work that follows.

California SB 53 Compliance: A Practical Guide to the Transparency in Frontier AI Act

California's SB 53 (Transparency in Frontier AI Act) took operative effect on January 1, 2026, requiring foundation model developers training above 10^26 FLOPs to publish safety frameworks, report critical incidents to Cal OES within 15 days (24 hours for imminent threats), maintain anonymous whistleblower channels, and face civil penalties up to $1 million per violation enforced by the California Attorney General.