116 tagged with "Section 179"
IRC Section 179 expensing election, annual deduction caps, phase-out thresholds, and qualifying property for small business equipment write-offs
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic Bookkeeping: A Practical Guide for Licensed Practitioners
A working guide for acupuncture and TCM clinics covering ASC 606 across cash-pay, commercial insurance, and Medicare; prepaid package deferred revenue and breakage; herbal pharmacy COGS under FDA dietary supplement rules; Section 179 for treatment tables and electroacupuncture units; and the KPIs lenders and benchmarking services actually track.
Axe Throwing Venue Bookkeeping: Lane Bookings, League Memberships, Corporate Events, and Waiver Liability
How axe throwing venues should structure five distinct revenue streams—walk-in lanes, league memberships, corporate events, bar sales, and BYOB pour fees—under ASC 606, including pass-through IATF dues, refundable damage deposits, cost-segregation reclassifications of $40K–$100K of build-out, and the revenue-per-lane-hour KPI that signals when to expand.
Commercial Honey Producer and Beekeeping Operation Bookkeeping: Schedule F, the Section 263A(d) Pre-Productive Period Election, Multi-State Pollination Revenue, and Pounds-Per-Hive KPIs
How commercial honey producers and pollination apiarists structure books for Schedule F, elect out of Section 263A pre-productive period capitalization, depreciate bees as 7-year livestock, source pollination revenue across state lines, comply with FDA honey labeling, and track pounds-per-colony and revenue-per-hive KPIs at a 1,000-hive scale.
Commercial Janitorial and Office Cleaning Service Bookkeeping: A Practical Guide for Independent Operators
How independent commercial cleaning operators should structure revenue recognition under ASC 606, allocate route-level costs, capitalize equipment under Section 179, and manage 1099 misclassification risk — with ISSA-aligned KPI benchmarks and a chart-of-accounts outline.
Culinary School and Cooking Academy Bookkeeping: Recognizing Prepaid Tuition Under ASC 606, Tracking Ingredient COGS Per Lab Session, and Surviving the Title IV Audit
How accredited and recreational culinary schools should defer tuition under ASC 606, allocate ingredient COGS per lab session, handle Title IV refund calculations, classify chef instructors, and apply Section 179 and 2026 bonus depreciation to kitchen build-out.
The Decorator's Profit Math: A Bookkeeping Guide for Custom Screen Printing and Embroidery Shops
Custom decorator shops sit at the crossroads of manufacturing, retail, and service work. This guide walks through the four-layer job cost model, ASC 606 treatment of customer deposits on custom goods, Section 179 expensing of presses and embroidery machines, and the press-hour and stitch-hour KPIs that separate profitable shops from merely busy ones.
Equestrian Boarding and Lesson Barn Bookkeeping: A Practical Guide for Owner-Operators
Boarding stables run at least five revenue streams with wildly different margins. This guide covers ASC 606 timing for board and lesson packages, agister's lien enforcement, ABC-test worker classification, Section 179 and cost segregation for arenas, EALA compliance, and the KPIs—stall occupancy, revenue per stall, hay-cost ratio—that separate profitable barns from quietly failing ones.
Esports Gaming Lounge and LAN Center Bookkeeping: Memberships, Tournaments, and the 24-Month Refresh Cycle
How independent esports lounges and LAN centers handle ASC 606 deferred revenue on memberships, agent vs principal treatment for tournament prize pools, Section 179 expensing on a 24-month gaming PC refresh, 1099-NEC vs W-2 classification for casters and streamers, and the station-hour KPIs that separate 22% margin operators from the rest.
Handcrafted Soap, Candle, and Cosmetics Maker Bookkeeping: A Schedule C Survival Guide for Cottage Producers
How solo soap, candle, and natural cosmetics makers should structure Schedule C books — recipe-card COGS, the MoCRA small business exemption (under $1M average gross sales), the $2,500 de minimis safe harbor versus Section 179, and multistate sales tax across Etsy, Faire, and direct channels.
HVAC Contractor Bookkeeping: Maintenance Agreements, Refrigerant Compliance, and the KPIs That Predict Profit
How HVAC contractors should structure their books: deferred revenue under ASC 606 for maintenance plans, EPA Section 608 and AIM Act refrigerant recordkeeping after the 15-pound threshold and R-410A phase-down, Section 179 deductions for service vans, and the five KPIs that actually predict cash flow.
The Independent Bike Shop Owner's Bookkeeping Playbook: From Floor-Plan Inventory to E-Bike Recall Reserves
A working chart of accounts for independent bike shops — how to book floor-plan payables by supplier, track lifetime tune-up warranties, accrue e-bike recall reserves under ASC 450, and benchmark service-bay productivity against NBDA peer data.
Court Reporter Bookkeeping: Per-Page Revenue, ASC 606, and the KPIs of a Six-Figure Steno Practice
A practical bookkeeping guide for solo court reporters and stenographers — covering per-page transcript revenue, ASC 606 recognition of appearance fees and copy sales, Section 179 deductions for stenotype writers, multi-state tax nexus, and the KPIs (pages per workday, effective hourly rate, DSO) that separate six-figure practices from break-even ones.