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20 юли 2026 г.

SECURE 2.0's Paper Benefit Statement Rule: What the DOL's Temporary Relief Means for 401(k) Plan Sponsors

SECURE 2.0 requires 401(k) and other defined contribution plans to mail at least one paper benefit statement per year starting with plan years after December 31, 2025. With Q1 2026 statements due around May 15 and the DOL's implementing rule still a proposal, Field Assistance Bulletin 2026-02 pauses enforcement for plan sponsors who comply in good faith — here's what small businesses must still do.

mike

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20 юли 2026 г.

SEP IRA vs. Solo 401(k) vs. SIMPLE IRA in 2026: Contribution Limits, Deadlines, and the Tax Math for Solo Owners With and Without Employees

Solo owner with $140K profit can do $28K SEP, $35K Solo 401(k), or $16K SIMPLE — same profit, different deductions. Match the plan to employees, profit, and whether you need the deduction by December 31 or April 15.

mike

retirementsmall-businessfinance

20 юли 2026 г.

Sign Language Interpreter Agency Bookkeeping: Why a Two-Hour Minimum and a No-Show Fee Can Make or Break Your Margin

How interpreting agencies and freelance ASL interpreters should book VRI versus in-person revenue ($35–$100/hr versus $50–$145/hr with two-hour minimums), cancellation fees, deferred retainers, and 1099-vs-W-2 classification risk — plus revenue per bookable hour, the KPI that actually predicts margin.

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20 юли 2026 г.

Spec Home Builder Bookkeeping: WIP Schedules, Percentage of Completion, and Why Profitable Builders Run Out of Cash

A monthly work-in-progress (WIP) schedule turns four numbers per job — contract price, estimated cost, costs to date, and billings to date — into an early warning for overbilling and underbilling, the cash-flow gaps that sink profitable builders. Spec builders also differ from contract builders on revenue recognition, since homes held as inventory typically use the completed contract method under the IRC Section 460 home construction exemption.

mike

constructionjob-costingbookkeeping

20 юли 2026 г.

Storage Unit Auction Reselling: How to Book a Lot You've Never Seen Inside

How storage unit auction resellers allocate one lump-sum bid across an entire unit of unknown items — dividing by item count or by relative fair market value — plus the cash-method small-business inventory election, a lot-based chart of accounts, hobby-vs-business rules, and sales tax registration.

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20 юли 2026 г.

Storage Unit Auction Reselling Bookkeeping: How to Price a Lot You've Never Opened

How to keep books for storage-unit auction flips — allocate one winning bid across dozens of items with the relative fair value method, deduct COGS only when items sell, use the Section 471(c) small-business exception, and report income even below the $20,000/200-transaction 1099-K threshold.

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20 юли 2026 г.

Stripe and Advent's $53.4 Billion Bid for PayPal: What It Means for Your Merchant Fees

Stripe and Advent International offered $60.50 a share — about $53.4 billion — to buy PayPal, a deal that would merge processors handling $3.7 trillion in annual volume. History shows consolidation like Global Payments-Worldpay raised merchant costs through padded fees, so here are four concrete steps to protect your processing costs now.

mike

paymentsfintechmergers-and-acquisitions

20 юли 2026 г.

Tailoring and Alterations Shop Bookkeeping: Separating Fabric COGS From Labor, Depreciating Equipment, and Knowing When You Need a Seller's Permit

Alteration labor on a new garment is often taxable while the same work on a used one is exempt — one of several rules that make tailoring shop bookkeeping tricky. How to split fabric COGS from labor revenue, depreciate sewing equipment via Section 179 or MACRS, and know when selling a single zipper triggers a seller's permit.

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bookkeepingsmall-businesssales-tax

20 юли 2026 г.

The IRS Doesn't Have to Prove You Lied — It Just Has to Prove Your Receipts Don't Exist

In Goodwill-Oikerhe v. Commissioner, a tax preparer lost every disputed deduction — dependents, property tax, vehicle expenses, S-corp flow-throughs — and drew a 75% civil fraud penalty under Section 6663, largely because no records existed. Why the Cohan rule couldn't rescue him, and what contemporaneous bookkeeping must capture to survive an audit.

mike

taxaudittax-deductions

20 юли 2026 г.

USDA's 2026 Farm Payment Rule: Entity-Level AGI Testing Ends for LLC and S-Corp Farms

USDA's final rule effective June 2, 2026 ends entity-level AGI testing for LLCs, S corporations, partnerships, and joint ventures — AGI is now tested per owner against the $900,000 limit, payment limits stack by actively engaged member, and paid labor counts toward eligibility. Entity certifications are due to FSA by September 15, 2026.

mike

llcs-corppartnerships

20 юли 2026 г.

USPS's Second 2026 Rate Hike: What the Temporary 8% Surcharge Means for Small Shippers

On April 26, 2026, USPS layered a temporary 8% surcharge on Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Ground Advantage, and Parcel Select — on top of January's general rate increase — scheduled through January 17, 2027. Why small shippers absorb more of the hit than enterprise accounts, why the sunset date deserves skepticism, and four ways to limit the damage.

mike

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20 юли 2026 г.

USTR's Forced-Labor Section 301 Tariffs: What 10–12.5% Duties on 60 Economies Mean for Small Importers

In June 2026, USTR concluded 60 simultaneous Section 301 investigations and proposed additional tariffs of 10% (economies with an unenforced forced-labor import ban, including Canada, Mexico, and the EU) or 12.5% (the 54 economies with no ban, including China, India, and Vietnam) — duties that stack on top of existing Section 232, IEEPA, and China 301 rates. Here is who is on each list, how the surcharge compounds landed cost, and five steps small importers should take before the final rate publishes.

mike

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