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Japan's Qualified Invoice System: What the October 2026 Deductibility Cut Means for Freelancers and Their Clients

On October 1, 2026, Japan's transitional 80% input-credit for consumption tax paid to unregistered suppliers shrinks — to 70% under the FY2026 tax reform taper, then 50% in 2028, 30% in 2030, and 0% by October 2031 — while the 2-wari tokurei simplified rate for newly registered small businesses expires. Here's what Japanese freelancers, small suppliers, and the buyers who rely on them should do before the deadline.

Mike Thrift

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7 минути четене

The Mega Backdoor Roth for the Self-Employed: How a Solo 401(k) Reaches $72,000 in 2026

A Solo 401(k) with voluntary after-tax contributions lets self-employed owners shelter up to $72,000 in 2026 — or $83,250 with the age-60-to-63 catch-up — by converting after-tax dollars to Roth with no income limits. Here's how the three contribution buckets work, a worked example at $150,000 of net earnings, and what your plan document must allow.

Mike Thrift

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Sequence-of-Returns Risk: Why the Order of Market Returns Can Make or Break Your Retirement

Two retirees with identical average returns can end up decades apart in portfolio longevity — the order of returns decides it. How sequence-of-returns risk works, why the ten-year retirement risk zone hits business owners and freelancers hardest, and five defenses including cash buffers, bucket strategies, bond tents, and spending guardrails.

Mike Thrift

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AI-Generated Marketing Content and Copyright Risk: What Small Businesses Owe After the 2026 Rulings

Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement and Thomson Reuters' fair-use win over Ross Intelligence shifted AI copyright liability onto the businesses publishing AI content. Statutory damages can reach $150,000 per work — here are four steps small businesses can take, from prompt hygiene to vendor indemnification and dated content logs.

Mike Thrift

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France Raises Auto-Entrepreneur Revenue Ceilings for 2026–2028: New Limits, Same VAT Thresholds

France's micro-entrepreneur revenue ceilings rose on January 1, 2026 to €203,100 for goods and €83,600 for services, holding through 2028 — while VAT exemption thresholds stayed at €85,000/€37,500. Here's how the two separate ceilings work, the mixed-activity rules, and what actually happens when you exceed them.

Mike Thrift

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How Bookkeeping-Native Banks Like Found Automate Freelancer Tax Set-Asides — and Where They Fall Short

Freelancers owe 15.3% self-employment tax plus income tax with no automatic withholding, and skipping quarterly payments triggers IRS penalties around 7% annually. Bookkeeping-native banking apps like Found earmark 25–30% of every deposit automatically — here's what they solve, where their tax estimates break down, and why your books should live in a format you own.

Mike Thrift

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Germany's Kleinunternehmerregelung in 2026: How the €25,000/€100,000 VAT Exemption Thresholds Work

Germany's Kleinunternehmerregelung (§19 UStG) exempts small businesses from charging VAT if prior-year net revenue stayed under €25,000 and current-year revenue stays under €100,000 — a hard, real-time ceiling since the 2024 reform. Here is how the thresholds, invoice wording rules, e-invoicing deadlines, and the five-year opt-out lock-in work in 2026.

Mike Thrift

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6 минути четене

New York's Freelance Isn't Free Act: What the $528,817 Splashlight Settlement Means for Businesses That Hire Freelancers

New York's DCWP fined production company Splashlight $528,817 for paying fewer than 1 in 5 freelance contracts on time. Here's what the Freelance Isn't Free Act requires — written contracts for work over $800, payment within 30 days, six years of records — and how similar laws in Illinois and California now apply nationwide.

Mike Thrift

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New Zealand's GST Is Turning 40 — And Inland Revenue Just Proposed the Biggest Cleanup in Years

Inland Revenue's May 2026 "Current GST Issues" paper poses 56 questions across eight reform areas for New Zealand's 40-year-old GST Act — excluding zero-rated exports from the $60,000 registration threshold, reclassifying student accommodation as commercial dwellings, zero-rating residential solar exports, and a 5% materiality test for error correction. Here's what small businesses, freelancers, and landlords should track before draft legislation lands.

Mike Thrift

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Do You Need an ABN? The Sole Trader Tax Basics Every Australian Freelancer Should Know

Australian sole traders who invoice without an ABN lose 47% of each payment to mandatory withholding. This guide covers free same-day ABN registration, the $75,000 rolling 12-month GST threshold, quarterly BAS due dates, individual marginal tax rates for 2026-27, deductible super contributions, and the ATO's five-year record-keeping rule.

Mike Thrift

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