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Independent audit and assurance engagements — SOC 2, financial statement audits, internal controls testing, evidence collection, and audit readiness for service organizations and growing businesses
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Bookkeeping: Trip Logs, Broker Reimbursement, and False Claims Act Risk
NEMT providers face a documented audit risk unlike most small businesses — a 2022 federal audit found 72% of sampled New York claims non-compliant, and billing a no-show as a completed trip can trigger False Claims Act penalties starting at roughly $14,000 per claim plus treble damages.
SBIR/STTR Grant Accounting: Indirect Costs, Time Tracking, and Fund Segregation
First-time SBIR/STTR awardees rarely fail audits on the science — they fail on indirect cost rates, timekeeping, and commingled funds. How to calculate your own indirect rate (DOE now caps reimbursement at 15% for for-profits), log daily hours DCAA will accept, and segregate award money before the SF 1408 survey.
FEC Compliance Bookkeeping for Political Campaigns and PACs: A Treasurer's Guide
Unreconciled books — not fraud — are the most common way campaigns and PACs draw FEC scrutiny. A treasurer's guide to the $200 itemization threshold, 2025–2026 contribution limits ($3,500 per election to candidates), the 2026 filing calendar, what triggers an audit, and the double-entry bookkeeping practices that prevent RFAIs.
IFTA Fuel Tax: A Quarterly Filing Guide for Owner-Operators
IFTA returns are due four times a year, and two consecutive missed filings can get an owner-operator's fuel tax license revoked. This guide covers the quarterly deadlines, the $50-or-10% late penalty, the four-year record retention rule, the audit triggers auditors actually look for, and the recordkeeping habits that keep filings painless.
How Nonprofits Should Value and Record Gifts-in-Kind Under ASC 958-605
ASU 2020-07 requires nonprofits to present contributed nonfinancial assets as a separate line item, disaggregated by category, with disclosed valuation methods. This guide covers the fair-value rules of ASC 958-605 — which volunteer services are recordable, how to value donated goods, professional services, and facility use, the offsetting journal entries, and the $25,000 Form 990 Schedule M threshold.
Recording Gifts-in-Kind: A Nonprofit Accounting Guide to ASU 2020-07
Under ASU 2020-07 (ASC 958-605), nonprofits must record donated goods, services, and facility use at fair value on a separate line item and disclose valuation methodology by category, or risk an auditor flagging the financial statements.
Surviving a State Sales Tax Audit: A Small Business Guide
State sales tax auditors use statistical sampling that extrapolates a small error rate across years of transactions, so running a self-audit on use tax accruals, exemption certificates, and nexus exposure before a notice arrives produces a materially better outcome than waiting.
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.
State Tax Residency Audit Defense After Moving to a No-Tax State
A practical guide to surviving California FTB and New York residency audits after moving to Florida, Texas, or Nevada — the domicile and statutory residency tests, day-count documentation, equity compensation traps, and the convenience-of-the-employer rule.
Bookkeeping for Forensic Accountants: Engagement Letters, Daubert, ASC 606, and the KPIs of a Defensible Practice
How forensic accounting and litigation support practices should structure revenue recognition, engagement letters, conflict checks, and KPIs to stay defensible under Daubert, Rule 702, ASC 606, and AICPA SSFS 1.
The NYC Local Law 144 Bias Audit Just Got Real: What Employers Using AI Hiring Tools Must Do in 2026
NYC Local Law 144's AEDT bias-audit, public-summary, and ten-business-day candidate notice rules now carry real enforcement risk after the December 2025 State Comptroller audit — and Illinois HB 3773, California's ADMT regulations, Colorado SB24-205, and Maryland HB 1202 layer additional 2026 obligations on multi-state employers using AI hiring tools.
OSHA Form 300, 300A, and 301 Injury and Illness Recordkeeping in 2026: The Complete Compliance Playbook for Small and Mid-Size Employers
A 2026 compliance guide to OSHA's Form 300, 300A, and 301 injury and illness recordkeeping under 29 CFR Part 1904 — who must record, the four-step recordability test, electronic Injury Tracking Application submission for Appendix B high-hazard establishments with 100 or more employees, severe-injury reporting timelines under § 1904.39, state-plan deltas, and how to build a program that survives an OSHA audit.