Plain-text accounting insights, tutorials, and updates from the Beancount.io team.
Contracts over $750,000 ($1.5M for construction) require a small business subcontracting plan, eSRS reporting, and good-faith effort or liquidated damages.
A shadow payroll reports host-country work to foreign tax authorities while home pay continues — U.S. employers remit abroad, then credit it at home.
Under Section 1221(b)(3), songwriters pay 20% capital gains on a catalog sale instead of 37% ordinary rates on royalties, elected per song.
Export Express lends to $500,000, EWCP and International Trade Loans to $5 million — all with a 90% SBA guaranty. Match the program to your order.
When two responsible small firms can perform at a fair price, the contract is set aside; certified firms can win direct awards up to $5.5M.
Rule 701 lets private companies grant stock options without SEC registration — until 12-month grants top $10M and force financial disclosure.
Crowdfunded real estate locks your money up for years and reports on IRS K-1s — compare eREITs vs. single deals on fees, access, and exits first.
A QTIP trust claims the marital deduction under Section 2056 now while you — not your spouse — decide where the assets go after your spouse dies.
Your PLLC shields you from a partner's malpractice, never your own. Which states mandate one, who may own it, and the Form 2553 S election.
PACE pays one capitated monthly rate to cover all care for nursing-home-eligible elders 55+, with zero copays — prevention, not procedures, earns the margin.
Spreadsheet closes, manual consolidation, and rationed seats mean you've outgrown QuickBooks — the 7 signs it's time to move to NetSuite.
Driver-based FP&A tools turn headcount, pricing, and churn assumptions into rolling forecasts — Jirav, Cube, and Datarails compared for small teams.
