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Restricted Cash Under ASC 230: A Practical Guide to Separating Unavailable Funds and Reconciling Cash Flow

Restricted cash is real money you cannot freely spend—lender reserves, escrow, customer deposits. ASC 230 requires the statement of cash flows to reconcile the combined total of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, and transfers between restricted and operating accounts are not cash flows. This guide shows small businesses how to identify restrictions, keep them in separate ledger accounts, reconcile releases monthly, and tie the cash-flow statement back to the balance sheet.

Mike Thrift

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Supplier Cash Discounts: How Retailers Should Record Early-Payment Savings Without Distorting Inventory

Cash discounts like 2/10, net 30 can be recorded two ways — reduce purchases, or credit a separate discount account — and the IRS expects one method applied consistently. How each choice changes COGS, closing inventory, and year-end reconciliation for a retailer, plus an invoice workflow that keeps discounts from silently distorting margins.

Mike Thrift

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Australia's Dynamic PAYG Instalments: How to Prepare for More Responsive Tax Payments in 2027

Australia's 2026–27 Federal Budget expands the ATO's Dynamic PAYG instalments pilot, targeting broader accounting-software adoption from July 2027 alongside an announced — but not yet legislated — monthly payment option. This guide separates confirmed changes from proposals, explains why bookkeeping quality decides whether software-calculated instalments help, and lays out the monthly close, tax-reserve forecast, and variation evidence trail small businesses can build now.

Mike Thrift

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New Zealand Tax-Debt Credit Reporting: What an Overdue GST, PAYE, or Income-Tax Balance Means for Your Business

Inland Revenue can report significant unpaid business tax to a credit reporting agency — GST, PAYE, or income-tax debt over NZ$150,000 that is 90+ days overdue, or debt unpaid for more than 12 months equal to at least 30% of assessable income. Here is how the 30-day Notice of Intent works from 1 April 2026, and the myIR review and reconciliation controls that keep a balance off your credit file.

Mike Thrift

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Reverse Factoring Without the Fog: How to Track Supplier Finance, Payables, and Cash Flow

Reverse factoring lets a supplier collect early from a finance provider while you still pay the full invoice at maturity. FASB ASU 2022-04 requires buyers to disclose key program terms, confirmed obligations outstanding, and an annual rollforward. Here is the data model, monthly reconciliation, and cash-flow analysis that keep those numbers defensible.

Mike Thrift

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Wild Rice Harvester Bookkeeping: How to Manage an Unpredictable Harvest Window

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.

Mike Thrift

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