#bookkeeping
Modern bookkeeping techniques using plain-text and automated workflows
A bookkeeping framework for mobile veterinary practices — track per-visit revenue in layers, capitalize the van and conversion, split loan payments into principal and interest, and use contribution margin plus a rolling 13-week forecast to price each route.
Niger's 2026 framework adds a 1% tax on qualifying cash payments above CFA 100,000 and a 0.5%/5% tax on deposits and inter-operator transfers. This guide shows small businesses how to map exposure, record the tax separately from the underlying transaction, and reconcile cash and mobile money daily.
How to keep books for Notion-template sales when a merchant-of-record platform collects sales tax and nets fees from your payout—separating customer charges, platform fees, refunds, and taxes through a clearing account so a $1,530 deposit is fully explained, and treating Form 1099-K as a cross-check rather than your ledger.
A practical control framework for small-team purchasing cards—role-based limits, same-day receipt capture, weekly reconciliation, and independent review—so fast spending stays documented and auditable.
A bookkeeping playbook for shared commissary kitchen operators—separate every revenue stream, price storage and peak hours, allocate shared costs by a rule you can explain, reconcile bookings to bank deposits, and hold refundable deposits as liabilities until earned.
A ledger-based method for ARC-accredited travel agencies to separate ticket proceeds, airline settlement obligations, service-fee revenue, and refunds—so daily, per-period, and monthly reconciliation shows exactly how much cash the agency actually owns.
Uzbekistan raised its simplified-regime threshold from 1 billion to 5 billion soums on June 1, 2026, and added a voluntary 6% simplified VAT for catering, retail, and services. Here is how small traders should track turnover in soums, keep tax collected separate from revenue, and model the VAT trade-off before electing it.
Natural wild rice has a fixed August 15–September 30 season and a 9 a.m.–3 p.m. daily harvest window, so its bookkeeping must separate harvest, processing, inventory, and deferred customer deposits. This guide shows how to build a crop-based chart of accounts, treat preorders as a liability until earned, reconcile buyer settlements, and run a weekly cash check.
H.R. 1319, the Modern Worker Empowerment Act, would replace the DOL's six-factor economic reality test with a single common-law standard for worker classification under both the FLSA and NLRA, centered on two prongs — control over the work and entrepreneurial opportunity — while explicitly excluding safety rules and project deadlines as evidence of control. Here's how it compares to the ABC test, what it wouldn't change, and the contractor bookkeeping checklist to run while the bill is pending.
After a $1.5 billion settlement and a Supreme Court decision reaffirming human authorship, 2026 rulings split AI training from AI output: training can be fair use, but storing pirated copies is not, and publishing outputs that reproduce protected work still risks infringement. This guide shows what small businesses can own, what they risk, and how to keep AI-assisted work defensible and auditable.
Amex launched the Graphite Business Cash Unlimited at $295 with 2% unlimited cash back and raised Business Platinum to $895 in 2026. Learn how no preset spending limit affects forecasts, how to book annual fees and 2%–5% rewards correctly, and a framework to compare effective fees, credits, and cash flow before you renew.
California's Freelance Worker Protection Act (SB 988) has been enforceable since January 1, 2025. Learn who is covered at the $250 aggregated threshold, the six required contract terms, the 30-day payment backstop, four-year retention, double-damages risk, and a bookkeeping playbook to keep your AP calendar and vendor files compliant in 2026.
