#bookkeeping
Modern bookkeeping techniques using plain-text and automated workflows
An executor is a fiduciary, which means beneficiaries have a legal right to a formal accounting of every dollar that moved through an estate — and failing to produce one can trigger removal or personal liability, regardless of whether any money was actually mishandled.
Florida's Uniform Protected Series Provisions (SB 316) took effect July 1, 2026, letting one LLC split into multiple liability-shielded "protected series" — a cost and bookkeeping comparison against forming a separate standalone LLC per property.
Small HVAC and plumbing shops sell for 2.0x–3.5x SDE while assembled PE platforms exit at 17x–20x EBITDA — that multiple arbitrage powers the roll-up wave. Here's what determines your number, why $200K of rejected add-backs can cost $1.3M at closing, and how clean books protect your price.
Independent bookstores net just 2-10% per the ABA's ABACUS survey, even with 40-50% gross margins. A practical bookkeeping guide to the transaction types that erode that margin — sale-or-return vendor credits, expiring co-op advertising funds, consignment and trade-credit liabilities — plus the 4-6x inventory turnover benchmark that predicts trouble early.
Prepaid lessons are deferred revenue — track per student, pass the exclusive-use test for the home studio, expense instruments via Section 179/bonus, log mileage contemporaneously, and keep W-9s for the 1099-NEC threshold.
How infrared sauna studios should handle the three bookkeeping issues that decide profitability — recording $150–$250/month memberships as deferred revenue rather than same-day income, classifying a $30,000–$250,000 buildout for Section 179 versus leasehold-improvement depreciation, and tracking utility costs of $0.30–$1.50 per session before they erode margins.
The IRS standard mileage rate rises to 72.5 cents per mile for 2026. Here's how it compares with the actual expense method, why your first-year choice can be irreversible, and what a mileage log needs to survive an IRS audit under Section 274(d).
NEMT providers face a documented audit risk unlike most small businesses — a 2022 federal audit found 72% of sampled New York claims non-compliant, and billing a no-show as a completed trip can trigger False Claims Act penalties starting at roughly $14,000 per claim plus treble damages.
As of January 1, 2026, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon ban software-based parts pairing on electronics and appliances, forcing manufacturers to open OEM parts and diagnostic access to independent repair shops — here's what the new rules mean for compliance and inventory bookkeeping.
First-time SBIR/STTR awardees rarely fail audits on the science — they fail on indirect cost rates, timekeeping, and commingled funds. How to calculate your own indirect rate (DOE now caps reimbursement at 15% for for-profits), log daily hours DCAA will accept, and segregate award money before the SF 1408 survey.
TikTok Shop affiliates receive a 1099-NEC already net of the platform's ~13% cut, owe 15.3% self-employment tax once net earnings pass $400, and must report all income even under the new $2,000 per-payer reporting threshold. Here's how commission clawbacks, free PR products, and quarterly estimated payments actually work — and the monthly close that keeps the numbers right.
A cost-by-cost breakdown of trade show exhibitor bookkeeping — how to categorize booth fees, drayage (typically $100-$200+ per hundred pounds), travel, and collateral, when to accrue the expense, and how to calculate cost-per-lead so a show's ROI shows up in the numbers instead of a gut feeling.
