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The diameter × height × multiplier formula that most bowl turners use to price work ignores cracked blanks, drying time, and overhead — accounting them correctly as a separate spoilage loss (not folded into COGS) reveals whether a shop's pricing actually covers its real costs.
The SBA's June 11, 2026 proposed rule eliminates the 8(a) program's race-based social disadvantage presumption for individually owned firms, requiring every applicant to document group-level discrimination and personal material harm instead — with the public comment period closing July 13, 2026.
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.
Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island's consumer privacy laws took effect January 1, 2026, and two have no revenue threshold — here's how small businesses determine if they're covered and how to track the revenue percentages these laws require.
Business brokers and M&A advisors charge Double Lehman commissions of 10% down to 2% by tier, but minimum fee floors, non-creditable retainers, expense reimbursement, and tail clauses routinely add 5-20% on top of the quoted success-fee percentage.
Qualified research wages, supplies, and 65% of contract research generate a 14% ASC — and qualified startups can elect up to $500K per year against employer payroll on Form 8974.
Upwork and Fiverr 1099-Ks report gross payment volume before platform commissions and withdrawal fees are deducted, so freelancers must record both as separate Schedule C expense lines to reconcile reported income with actual bank deposits.
NEC is for services, MISC is for rent and royalties — both to recipients by Jan 31, but NEC also files to IRS by Jan 31. Miss it and the $60–$310 per-form ladder starts.
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.
The March 2025 interim final rule exempted domestic reporting companies — foreign-registered entities must still report within 30 days, update within 30 of any change, at $591 per day for willful failure.
A chart-of-accounts guide for document shredding and data destruction companies covering three revenue streams (route, purge, hard drive destruction), NAID AAA certification costs ($3,000-$5,000 first year), chassis-vs-shredder depreciation, and treating paper recycling rebates as revenue rather than an unreconciled deposit.
Amazon Q2 2026: net sales $200.6B (+19.6%), operating income up 43% to $27.5B, AWS growth 37%.
