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Profit Margins

Calculate, benchmark, and improve profit margins across your business

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15 юли 2026 г.9 минути четене

Счетоводство за бар-аркада: Защо бар-аркадите се провалят със стандартния модел на обикновен бар

Бар-аркадата управлява два бизнеса с противоположни структури на разходите — алкохол при 20–24% разход за напитки и игри с почти нулев пределен разход. Как да разделим сметкоплана, да осчетоводим продажбите на токени като отсрочени приходи с ASC 606 брейкидж, да осчетоводим машините като разход чрез член 179 или бонус амортизация, и да тестваме дали смесеният марж побеждава нетния марж от 10–15% на обикновен бар.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businessrevenue-recognition

13 юли 2026 г.10 минути четене

GMROI Explained: The Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment Formula and 2026 Benchmarks

GMROI measures gross profit generated per dollar of average inventory cost; a GMROI above 3.0 is generally strong, below 1.0 means inventory is destroying margin dollars, and typical category ranges run from 1.2 in grocery to 6.5+ in electronics.

Mike Thrift

inventoryfinancial-ratioscost-of-goods-sold

13 юли 2026 г.10 минути четене

Leather Goods Maker Bookkeeping: Why Your Real Material Cost Isn't What You Paid Per Hide

A 50-square-foot hide costing $450 landed with a 64% yield rate has a real material cost of $14.06 per usable square foot, not the $9.00 the invoice implies — the gap driving margin surprises as 2026 tariffs and a shrinking U.S. cattle herd push leather prices up roughly 22%.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingcost-of-goods-soldinventory

13 юли 2026 г.9 минути четене

LLM API Costs Are COGS, Not Overhead: A Gross Margin Guide for AI Wrappers

LLM inference is a variable cost of delivering your product, not software overhead — ICONIQ's 2026 data puts AI product gross margins at a 52% industry average, well below the 70-80% typical of traditional SaaS.

Mike Thrift

cost-of-goods-soldaillm

13 юли 2026 г.14 минути четене

Micron FY2026 Q3 Earnings: Revenue Rose 346%. The Cost of Making the Chips Rose 10%.

Micron's fiscal Q3 2026 revenue rose 345.7% to $41.46 billion while cost of goods sold rose only 10.5% to $6.40 billion, lifting GAAP gross margin from 37.7% to 84.6% and net income to $28.24 billion — a margin built on DRAM pricing, not cost structure, in a business that posted a negative 9.1% gross margin as recently as FY2023.

Mike Thrift

financial-reportingfinancial-analysisbeancount

13 юли 2026 г.14 минути четене

Palantir Q1 2026 Earnings: An 85% Growth Rate, a 53% Net Margin, and a Balance Sheet That Still Says It Has Never Made Money

Palantir's Q1 2026 revenue grew 84.7% to $1.633 billion while total costs grew only 24%, lifting operating margin to 46.2% and net margin to 53.7% — a net margin that exceeds the operating margin because interest income adds $134.6 million and the effective tax rate is just 1.4%, against an accumulated deficit that still stands at $2.69 billion.

Mike Thrift

financial-reportingfinancial-analysisbeancount

13 юли 2026 г.8 минути четене

Reupholstery Shop Bookkeeping: Bench-Time Costing and the Overhead Trap

A wingback chair takes 7-8 yards of fabric and a sofa 15-22, but shops that price by materials plus a flat labor guess routinely underbill by 20-30% because the fully burdened labor rate and per-job overhead never get calculated — only the fabric receipt does.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businesscost-of-goods-sold

12 юли 2026 г.9 минути четене

Meal Prep Delivery Bookkeeping: Why Your COGS Might Secretly Be Over 100% of Revenue

Meal prep and meal-kit subscriptions must defer prepaid revenue until meals are delivered and roll packaging, delivery, labor, and spoilage into COGS — early-stage operators who skip this often find total COGS above 55%, sometimes exceeding 100% of revenue on specific SKUs.

Mike Thrift

cost-of-goods-soldaccrual-accountingrecurring-transactions

11 юли 2026 г.9 минути четене

Independent Bookstore Bookkeeping: How to Protect a 2-10% Net Margin

Independent bookstores net just 2-10% per the ABA's ABACUS survey, even with 40-50% gross margins. A practical bookkeeping guide to the transaction types that erode that margin — sale-or-return vendor credits, expiring co-op advertising funds, consignment and trade-credit liabilities — plus the 4-6x inventory turnover benchmark that predicts trouble early.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businessinventory

10 юли 2026 г.9 минути четене

FTC Fee Transparency Rules and NYC's 43% Delivery Cap: What Restaurants Need to Know in 2026

The FTC's April 2026 ANPRM targets hidden food-delivery fees while a new NYC law raises the cap on platform charges to restaurants from 23% to 43%. What each change means, why a $50 order can net $41 or $28.50 depending on fee tier, and how to record gross sales and platform fees correctly.

Mike Thrift

restaurantsmall-businessbookkeeping

9 юли 2026 г.8 минути четене

Board Game Cafe Bookkeeping: Cover Charges, Food, Retail & Game Library Depreciation

Board game cafes blend three businesses — admission fees, food and beverage, and retail — and each needs its own revenue and COGS account; the game library itself should be capitalized and depreciated over 3-5 years, not expensed, while shrink-wrapped retail copies stay inventory.

Mike Thrift

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9 юли 2026 г.7 минути четене

Etsy's 2026 Fee Hike and AI-Disclosure Rules: What Handmade Sellers Must Fix Before August 11

Etsy raised its UK Regulatory Operating Fee from 0.32% to 0.48% on June 22, 2026, and starting August 11, 2026 requires AI-content and production-partner disclosure plus original designs for laser-cut, sublimation, and CNC products — here's the pricing formula and compliance checklist to handle both.

Mike Thrift

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