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DOL Form LM-2 Long Form: What the 2026 Union Financial Reporting Overhaul Means for Your Books
The DOL's May 2026 final rule creates a Form LM-2 Long Form for unions with $40 million or more in annual receipts, raises LM-2/LM-3/LM-4 filing thresholds to $350,000 and $25,000, and adds a $5,000 foreign-transaction disclosure schedule — effective for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2026. Here's what changes for union bookkeeping.
Construction WIP Schedules: How Percentage-of-Completion Accounting Exposes Overbilling and Underbilling
A work-in-progress (WIP) schedule ties revenue to actual completion using the cost-to-cost percentage-of-completion method, exposing overbilling and underbilling before hidden losses reach year-end financials. Includes worked examples, a four-project sample schedule, and the signals bonding companies underwrite.
The Cash Conversion Cycle Explained: How Long Your Money Is Actually Tied Up
The cash conversion cycle (CCC = DIO + DSO − DPO) measures how many days cash stays trapped in operations. A worked example shows a wholesale firm with a 66-day cycle tying up roughly $110,000 in working capital, and lays out tactics to shorten collections, inventory, and payables.
California SB 22 Raises the Gift Card Cash-Out Threshold to $15: A Compliance Guide for Retailers
Effective April 1, 2026, California's SB 22 raises the mandatory gift card cash-out threshold from $10 to $15 — the highest in the U.S. — and extends it to electronic and app-based cards. With nearly 200 lawsuits filed under the statute since 2008, here's the compliance checklist and the gift card liability bookkeeping retailers need before plaintiffs' investigators come testing.
Bait and Tackle Shop Bookkeeping: Live Bait Mortality, Dealer Licenses, and Pass-Through Sales
Bait and tackle shops run three revenue models through one register — perishable live bait, hard goods, and state fishing-license sales. Live bait mortality should be booked as shrinkage expense (tracked by species and supplier), bait-dealer licenses are recurring compliance costs tiered by sales volume in states like Wisconsin, and license sales are commission revenue (typically 4.75%–5%) with the state's share held as a liability, never income.
ATO Interest Is No Longer Tax-Deductible: What GIC and SIC Now Really Cost Your Business
From 1 July 2025, the ATO's General Interest Charge and Shortfall Interest Charge are no longer tax-deductible — even on old tax debts. With GIC around 11% compounding daily, the after-tax cost of ATO debt jumped from roughly 7–8% to full sticker price. Here's how the incurred-date rule works and what to do about existing debt.
Amazon's Expanded New Selection Program: Referral Fee Caps, Free Storage, and the October 31 Deadline
Amazon's July 30, 2026 New Selection Program update caps referral fees at 10% on the first 100 units and 5% on the next 100 for new-to-FBA parent ASINs, waives storage and liquidation fees on the first 200 units for 120 days, and adds $125 in Vine and coupon credits — but existing enrollees must reconfirm by October 31, 2026 to keep qualifying new listings.
Wagepoint's WagePro+ Partner Tiers: What Payroll Referral Incentives Mean for Your Small Business
Wagepoint's WagePro+ program (July 2026) gives accounting firms up to 20% discounts, matched co-marketing funds, and automatic tier upgrades from 1 to 500 payroll clients — here's how those incentives can shape the payroll recommendation you get, and five questions to ask your bookkeeper before signing up.
UK VAT Capital Goods Scheme Simplified: Computers Dropped, Property Threshold Rises to £600,000
From July 29, 2026, HMRC removes computers from the VAT Capital Goods Scheme entirely and raises the land and property threshold from £250,000 to £600,000 — the first increase since 1990. Expenditure incurred before that date stays under the old rules for its full adjustment period, so mid-project businesses must check when their first qualifying spend landed.
Tuxedo and Formalwear Rental Shop Bookkeeping: Why the Real Profit Is in the Tenth Rental, Not the First
A $1,000 tuxedo rented at $196 a night needs five-plus rentals just to cover its cost — which is why formalwear rental bookkeeping treats garments as depreciating fixed assets, damage deposits as liabilities rather than revenue, and seasonal cash reserves as a line item. Here's the chart of accounts and depreciation method that make cost per wear visible.
Tax Liability Insurance in Small Business M&A: How to Close a Deal With a Known Tax Risk
Tax liability insurance transfers one specific, identified tax risk — an invalid S-corp election, a Section 382 NOL limit, QSBS eligibility — to an insurer instead of a price cut, escrow, or seller indemnity. Premiums run 2–5% of the insured limit, underwriting takes two to four weeks, and most carriers want exposure above roughly $1 million. Here's how it works and when to raise it before a closing deadline.
Square vs. Toast vs. Clover: How to Choose a POS System for Your Business Type
Square, Toast, and Clover each target a different business — Square starts free at 2.6% + 15¢, Toast locks restaurants into 2-year contracts, and Clover's hardware runs $500–$1,799+. This guide compares real costs by transaction volume and explains the three-way reconciliation problem POS data creates in your books.