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Job Costing

Track costs per project or job for accurate profitability analysis

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Georgia's Dignity and Pay Act: What the End of Subminimum Wage Means for Employers of Disabled Workers

Georgia's Dignity and Pay Act requires Section 14(c) certificate holders to pay workers with disabilities at least half the federal minimum wage ($3.63/hour) starting July 1, 2026, and bans subminimum wages entirely after June 30, 2027. What certificate holders — sheltered workshops, community rehabilitation programs, and nonprofits — need to model in payroll budgets, grant contracts, and job costing before both wage steps hit.

Mike Thrift

payrollcompliancelegal
10 min read

Charter Fishing Boat Bookkeeping: Per-Trip Costing, Crew Pay, and Surviving the Off-Season

A charter fishing operation grossing $126,000 a year can still not know what a single trip costs to run. This guide covers per-trip costing for fuel, bait, and mate pay ($100–$150 day rates plus 15–20% tips), 1099 vs. W-2 crew classification, vessel depreciation with Section 179's more-than-50% business-use test, why booking deposits are liabilities until the trip runs, off-season cash reserves, and the IRS's three-of-five-years profit test for hobby-loss scrutiny.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businessjob-costing
9 min read

Environmental Remediation Contractor Bookkeeping: Job Costing When a State Cleanup Fund Pays the Bill

How environmental remediation contractors should structure job costing when a state UST cleanup fund — not the property owner — is the real payer. Covers the five remediation phases as cost codes, ASC 606 collectibility with fund caps and deductibles, tracking 6-to-8-week reimbursement aging separately from ordinary AR, and the documentation that survives a fund audit.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businessconstruction
9 min read

Wildlife & Nuisance Animal Control Bookkeeping: Trip Fees, Trapping Revenue, and Warranty Reserves

How wildlife and nuisance animal control operators should structure their books: separate revenue codes for trip fees ($75–$200), per-animal trapping charges ($100–$250), and exclusion jobs; amortize NWCO licenses on each state's actual term; and accrue a warranty reserve from real callback rates instead of expensing redo visits as they land.

Mike Thrift

pest-controlbookkeepingsmall-business
9 min read

Independent Film Production Accounting: Above-the-Line, Below-the-Line, and the Cost Report That Keeps You on Budget

How independent film budgets actually work — above-the-line costs run 30–35% of budget, contingency should be ~10%, and 39 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico return 15–45% of qualified spend through film incentives. A practical guide to cost reports, loan-out companies, and building a chart of accounts that survives an audit.

Mike Thrift

creative-industriesaccountingbudgeting
9 min read

Commercial Diving Company Bookkeeping: Saturation Gear Depreciation, Hazard Pay, and Job Costing

Commercial diving companies that depreciate saturation systems on a flat calendar schedule, lump hazard pay and depth pay into a single wages line, or book topside support crew as overhead routinely misprice their bids — this guide covers usage-based depreciation for saturation gear, the diver pay stack, and job-costing topside labor specific to commercial dive operations.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businessjob-costing
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