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Mike Thrift

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Auto Repair Shop Bookkeeping: Flat-Rate Hours, Parts Matrix, Comebacks, Warranty AR, and EPA Fees

Independent auto repair shops earn from labor, parts, sublet work, and environmental fees — each with different margins and bookkeeping rules. This guide builds a chart of accounts that separates flat-rate labor from clock hours, applies a tiered parts markup matrix targeting 55–58% gross profit, tracks comeback expense and warranty receivables aging, codes sublet work cleanly, and records EPA hazmat and shop supply fees as their own revenue and cost lines.

Счетоводство за боулинг центри и семейни развлекателни центри: карти с предварително заредена стойност, разсрочени приходи и бракидж по ASC 606

Как боулинг центри и семейни развлекателни центри трябва да осчетоводят карти с предварително заредена стойност за игри, лига вход, депозити за парти и бракидж по ASC 606 — с работящ счетен план, клопки със законите за непотърсена собственност и оперативните КПИ, които кредитори и купувачи очакват.

Daycare and Childcare Center Bookkeeping Under CACFP: Reimbursement Rates, Parent Co-Pays, State Vouchers, and Recordkeeping That Survives an Audit

How daycare operators should structure their books to handle CACFP reimbursements, state subsidy vouchers, and parent co-payments — covering chart of accounts, daily meal count discipline, classroom-level labor allocation, and the recordkeeping that holds up under state audits.

ESOP Repurchase Obligation Accounting: The Hidden Balance Sheet Liability That Sinks Mature ESOPs

A practical guide to ESOP repurchase obligation accounting for closely held companies — how ASC 480-10-S99 classifies redeemable shares as temporary equity, how to fund the obligation with sinking funds, COLI, recycling, and redemption, and the bookkeeping habits that keep plan-year valuations defensible.

Form 1099-DIV Box 3: The Return-of-Capital Basis Trap for REIT, BDC, and MLP Investors

A practical walkthrough of Form 1099-DIV Box 3 nondividend distributions — how return-of-capital payments from REITs, BDCs, MLPs, and managed-distribution funds reduce your cost basis under IRC Section 301(c)(2), convert into immediate capital gain under 301(c)(3) once basis hits zero, and what records you need to keep so the IRS matching program never catches you short.

Bookkeeping for Local and Long-Distance Moving Companies: Carriers, Brokers, Fuel Surcharges, and Driver Settlements

Build a chart of accounts that separates carrier revenue from broker pass-throughs, handles fuel surcharges and packing inventory correctly, and reconciles driver settlements against bills of lading — the bookkeeping discipline that protects margin in local and long-distance moving operations.

The 0.5% AGI Floor on Charitable Gifts: Preserving Your Deduction in 2026 With Bunching, DAFs, and QCDs

Starting in 2026, OBBBA imposes a 0.5% AGI floor on itemized charitable contributions and caps top-bracket deductions at 35 cents per dollar. Bunching gifts, funding a donor-advised fund, and making qualified charitable distributions from an IRA recover most of the lost benefit for typical itemizing donors.