#sales-tax
Sales Tax
Sales tax compliance, nexus rules, filing requirements, and tax automation for businesses
Калифорния току-що обложи SaaS: Изчерпателно ръководство за данък върху продажбите на софтуерни абонаменти през 2026 и 2027 г.
California SB 122 прави SaaS и други цифрови продукти обект на данък върху продажбите от 1 януари 2027 г., като Colorado's HB 26-1223 влиза в сила в същия ден. Това ръководство картографира облагаемостта на SaaS във всичките 50 щата към август 2026 г., обяснява праговете за икономическа връзка като тези в Калифорния от 500 000 долара плюс правилото за самооценка на купувача от 5 милиона долара и дава контролен списък за съответствие преди януари за продавачите и купувачите на софтуер.
Счетоводство за магазини за употребявани стоки с нестопанска цел: Как да оценявате дарените стоки, да запазите изключението за доброволчески труд и да избегнете формуляр 990-T
Счетоводството за магазин за употребявани стоки с нестопанска цел обхваща методите за справедлива стойност и продажна цена за дарените стоки, праговете за разписки от публикация 561 на IRS, приблизително 85-процентните изключения за доброволчески труд и дарени стоки от UBIT, и кога се изисква подаване на формуляр 990-T.
Used-Vehicle Dealer Compliance in 2026: FTC Buyers Guide, Warranty Disclosure, and the Inventory Costing That Keeps Gross Profit Honest
Every used vehicle needs its FTC Buyers Guide on the window with one warranty box checked — and each VIN's ACV plus recon, floorplan curtailment, and F&I reserve must tie to the guide the deal delivered.
Osek Patur vs. Osek Murshe: Israel's ₪120,000 Freelancer VAT Threshold Explained
Israeli freelancers must convert from osek patur (VAT-exempt) to osek murshe (VAT-charging) status once annual invoiced revenue crosses ₪120,000, with the conversion retroactive to the crossing date and closed-list professions like architects and lawyers required to register as osek murshe from their first shekel.
Sri Lanka's 18% Digital Services VAT: What Foreign SaaS and App Sellers Must Register For
Sri Lanka now charges 18% VAT on digital services sold by non-resident providers once revenue exceeds LKR 36 million a year or LKR 9 million in a quarter, effective July 1, 2026, with quarterly filing and registration due within three months of crossing the threshold.
Pet Cremation Bookkeeping: Pricing Tiers, Veterinary Referral Splits, and Retort Depreciation
Pet cremation businesses run three revenue models at once (tiered cremation service, veterinary referral commissions, and merchandise sales), and the retort itself depreciates as 7-year MACRS equipment eligible for 100% bonus depreciation on property placed in service after January 19, 2025 — not as a 39-year building improvement.
Illinois Drops the 200-Transaction Sales Tax Rule: What Remote Sellers Should Do in 2026
Effective January 1, 2026, Illinois eliminated the 200-transaction economic nexus threshold, leaving a single $100,000 trailing-12-month revenue test for remote sellers. Here's who gains or loses nexus, how the August–October 2026 amnesty program works, and how to structure your books to answer state-by-state sales questions on demand.
Print-on-Demand Bookkeeping: COGS, Royalties, and Sales Tax by Platform
Print-on-demand sellers run two different businesses — integration channels (Etsy + Printify) with real COGS, and marketplace channels (Redbubble, Amazon Merch) with none. This guide covers how to reconcile 1099-K gross figures, avoid double-counting platform fees, handle marketplace-facilitator sales tax, and structure a per-channel chart of accounts to track margins that range from 20% to 70%.
Roller Skating Rink Bookkeeping: How to Account for Five Businesses Under One Roof
A roller rink runs admissions, skate rentals, birthday parties, concessions, and merchandise under one roof — and well-run rinks post 20–35% margins while others limp at 10% on the same traffic. This guide shows how to split the chart of accounts by revenue stream, hold party deposits as deferred-revenue liabilities until the event happens, capitalize the rental fleet, and track KPIs like revenue per visit and ancillary revenue share.
Retail Delivery Fees in 2026: What Sellers Owe in Colorado and Minnesota
Colorado's retail delivery fee rose to $0.31 per order on July 1, 2026, while Minnesota charges $0.50 on qualifying orders of $100 or more. Here are the exemption thresholds, marketplace carve-outs, the ten-plus states drafting similar fees, and how to record the fee so it doesn't tangle your books.
Traveling Carnival and Fair Concessionaire Bookkeeping: Gross-Revenue Splits, Multi-State Permits, and a Route of One-Week Stops
How carnival and fair concessionaires should keep books for a route business — recording 25–50% gross-revenue splits and guarantee floors per stop, registering for sales tax permits that differ by state (Ohio's statewide license vs. California's per-location permits vs. Illinois's changing-location filer status), reconciling cash daily against ticket counts, and tracking day-labor payroll and 1099 thresholds across state lines.
Restaurant Reservation Deposits and No-Show Fees: The Deferred Revenue Guide
Restaurant no-shows cost the U.S. industry roughly $16 billion a year, and the deposits that fight them create a bookkeeping trap — under ASC 606 a reservation deposit is a liability, not revenue, until the guest dines or forfeits. Here's how to record deposits as deferred revenue, book no-show forfeitures as breakage, and reconcile net payouts from OpenTable, Resy, and Tock.