#small-business
Financial management strategies and tools for small business owners
Staffing agencies pay weekly but collect in 30–45 days. Learn how payroll funding and invoice factoring work, what they cost, and the bookkeeping that keeps the spread, reserve, and recourse liability visible.
Since Wayfair, $100K in sales or 200 transactions triggers sales tax nexus in most states. Learn how the thresholds work in 2026, which states differ, and how to track nexus before an audit finds it for you.
A tattoo shop that treats booth rental and commission splits the same will misstate revenue by 2×. Learn how booth rental is landlord income, commission is shared revenue, and why no-show deposits are liabilities until the needle touches skin.
Texas margin tax has a $2.47M no-tax threshold and a $20M E-Z computation at 0.331%. Learn which election fits, how margin is calculated, and the bookkeeping that keeps you in the right bucket.
Treasury rewrote Form 990 reporting for government grants and fiscal sponsorship in 2026. Learn what the new Schedule I and Schedule R lines require, how to disclose donor-restricted government funds, and the bookkeeping that keeps a 990 from triggering an audit.
Companies House ECCTA reforms require verified director and PSC identities since November 2025, ACSP-gated filing from late 2026, and software-only iXBRL accounts with no abridged option — learn timelines, corporate-director limits, and the bookkeeping changes small companies must make now.
Vietnam replaced presumptive tax for 5 million business households with self-declared filing and tiered e-invoices in 2026. Learn Decree 68's thresholds, monthly vs. quarterly filing, and the ledger that keeps a household business compliant.
Sole prop is the default, LLC is the wrapper, S-corp saves SE tax above ~$80K but needs payroll, C-corp is the venture clock — and converting the wrong way can be a taxable liquidation.
Learn how appraisers value small businesses using market comparables, discounted cash flow, and asset-based methods — plus how to normalize earnings and avoid the five mistakes that quietly destroy sale price.
Master accounts receivable aging, Days Sales Outstanding calculations, and collections workflows to recover the 10-15% of cash flow most small businesses lose through payment delays.
The $58,656 threshold was vacated — $35,568 is the enforceable level — but salary is only a third of exemption; duties decide the rest, and reclassification lives or dies on time records and the regular rate.
2026 bonus is 40% under current law — $32K on an $80K machine, not $80K — unless OBBBA restores 100% retroactively; here's how to model the swing vs. Section 179 and keep the ledger straight.
