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Stained Glass Studio Bookkeeping: ASC 606 Milestone Billing, OSHA Lead Compliance, and Historic Preservation Tax Credits

A bookkeeping playbook for artisan glaziers and restoration studios — covering ASC 606 milestone recognition on multi-year commissions, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1025 lead exposure costs, Section 47 historic preservation credit documentation, Section 179 studio equipment expensing, and the KPIs (net multiplier, realization rate, square-foot pricing) that separate profitable studios from breakeven ones.

Mike Thrift

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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.

Mike Thrift

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Antique Dealer and Consignment Mall Bookkeeping: ASC 606, Bailee Inventory, and the Section 1221 Trap

Antique dealers handle per-piece tax classifications, principal-versus-agent revenue questions, and marketplace facilitator sales tax obligations that off-the-shelf retail systems mishandle. This guide explains how to book direct purchases, consignments, and multi-dealer mall sales under ASC 606, the Section 1221 capital-gain trap, and the collectibles 28 percent rate.

Mike Thrift

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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.

Mike Thrift

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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.

Mike Thrift

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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.

Mike Thrift

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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.

Mike Thrift

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