#tax-deductions
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A 2026 bookkeeping guide for personal and private chefs covering ASC 606 principal-vs-agent grocery treatment, the 72.5¢ standard mileage rate, Section 179 equipment, cottage food law constraints, and quarterly estimated tax safe harbors for Schedule C filers.
OBBBA made the Section 199A pass-through deduction permanent and widened the 2026 phase-in to $201,750 single / $403,500 MFJ. Here is how the 20% QBI deduction, the W-2 wages and UBIA caps, the SSTB phase-out, the new $400 minimum, and Form 8995-A aggregation actually work for S-corps, LLCs, and partnerships.
A working playbook for mobile mechanic bookkeeping — tiered labor rates, a parts markup matrix targeting 58% gross margin, actual-expense vs 72.5-cent standard mileage, Section 179 on scan tools and upfitted cargo vans, comeback warranty reserves, and quarterly Schedule C obligations.
A cash balance plan lets a 55-year-old business owner deduct roughly $230,000 a year in retirement contributions — far above the 401(k) ceiling — because a defined benefit pension caps the retirement benefit, not the annual deposit, so limits scale with age rather than income.
A practical bookkeeping playbook for direct-to-consumer farms — chart of accounts, CSA deferred revenue across a 20-week season, SNAP/EBT and Double Up Food Bucks token reconciliation, per-market cash workflows, and Schedule F line 25 Section 175 conservation expense treatment.
Starting in 2026, OBBBA imposes a 0.5% AGI floor on itemized charitable contributions and caps top-bracket deductions at 35 cents per dollar. Bunching gifts, funding a donor-advised fund, and making qualified charitable distributions from an IRA recover most of the lost benefit for typical itemizing donors.
Mobile notaries and loan signing agents can exclude statutory notarial fees from self-employment tax under IRC Section 1402(c)(1), but only if their books cleanly split per-act notarial revenue from taxable signing, travel, and print fees. A chart-of-accounts and Schedule C/SE walk-through that can save a moderately busy LSA $800 to $2,000 a year.
Starting in 2026, taxpayers who take the standard deduction can deduct up to $1,000 ($2,000 for joint filers) of cash gifts to qualified public charities under new IRC Section 170(p) — cash only, no donor-advised funds, no carryforward, and the same $250 documentation rules as itemizers.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made 100% bonus depreciation under Section 168(k) permanent for qualified property placed in service after January 19, 2025. This guide explains how small businesses coordinate Section 179, qualified improvement property, and the new Section 168(n) manufacturing deduction — and the acquisition-date rules that decide eligibility.
Section 199A is now permanent under OBBBA. Pass-through owners get a 20% deduction, wider SSTB phase-in ranges ($75K single / $150K joint above the 2026 threshold), a new $400 minimum for material participants, and the same W-2 wage and UBIA tests at the top of the band.
How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the doubled standard deduction permanent, raised the SALT cap to $40,000, added a 0.5% AGI charitable floor, and stacked a $6,000 senior bonus deduction — with concrete math for the 2026 itemize-versus-standard decision.
How the IRS Section 263(a)-3 tangible property regulations decide what small businesses can deduct now versus capitalize over decades — with the three safe harbors ($2,500/$5,000 de minimis, the small taxpayer building rule, and routine maintenance), the BRA test, and the unit-of-property trap that drives most mistakes.
