#bookkeeping
Modern bookkeeping techniques using plain-text and automated workflows
Backflow testers bill $70-$300 per assembly on a mandated annual retest cycle - track calibration, registrations and prepaid plans as their own ledger lines.
Capital turnover is net sales divided by average capital employed — a 3.0 ratio means each dollar of capital produced three dollars of sales that year.
DC's 2026 Short-Term Rental Act would let renters host on Airbnb, but it isn't law yet. Budget a $99 license, $250K insurance, Schedule C and DC's D-30 tax.
Hawaii has no sales tax — the GET taxes your gross receipts at 4.5% including county surcharges, and 4.712% is the most you may legally show a customer.
Seven signs you have outgrown your CPA firm, the months when switching is cleanest, and the data-handoff and engagement-letter checklists to use.
Miss three straight Form 990 filings and the IRS revokes your PTA or PTO exemption automatically — here is the treasurer playbook that prevents it.
Intuit Assist escalates judgment calls to you; Xero's JAX automates the full lifecycle. Generalist AI topped 77.3% accuracy in 2026 — let it draft, you post.
A US sailing school's keelboat becomes an uninspected passenger vessel once students pay: defer course revenue, cost each hull, line-item USCG compliance.
The SBA's May 2026 expansion gives International Trade Loans a 90% guarantee and deems all manufacturing plus food supply chain NAICS codes import-injured.
Squarespace replaced Personal and Business with Basic ($16), Core ($23), Plus ($39), and Advanced ($99) — and digital-product fees now run 7% to 0% by tier.
Debits equal credits, yet your books can still be wrong — omissions, duplicates, and wrong-account postings all sail through a balanced trial balance.
Refill shops lose 3–8% of revenue to shrink. Weigh vessels weekly, ring deposits as liabilities, and track margins by category to keep every ounce.
