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Bookkeeping for Code-Audit Firms: How to Book Static Audits, Hourly Remediation, and Resold SAST Subscriptions
A code-audit firm selling fixed-scope static audits, hourly remediation, and resold SAST subscriptions runs three ASC 606 revenue-recognition rules under one roof — point-in-time, as-performed, and ratable. This guide covers the chart of accounts to separate them, the principal-vs-agent test for reseller margin, and a worked example posting one client engagement across unearned revenue, unbilled receivables, and subscription margin.
FASB ASU 2025-06: How the New Internal-Use Software Capitalization Rule Fits Agile Development
FASB's ASU 2025-06 replaces the three-stage ASC 350-40 test with a single "probable-to-complete" threshold for internal-use software, a change expected to decrease capitalization for SaaS companies once it takes effect for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027.
Palantir Q1 2026 Earnings: An 85% Growth Rate, a 53% Net Margin, and a Balance Sheet That Still Says It Has Never Made Money
Palantir's Q1 2026 revenue grew 84.7% to $1.633 billion while total costs grew only 24%, lifting operating margin to 46.2% and net margin to 53.7% — a net margin that exceeds the operating margin because interest income adds $134.6 million and the effective tax rate is just 1.4%, against an accumulated deficit that still stands at $2.69 billion.
White-Label SaaS Reseller Bookkeeping: Principal vs. Agent Revenue Recognition
Under ASC 606, white-label SaaS resellers recognize either gross revenue as a principal or net commission as an agent, and should book gross sales, platform fees, refunds, and chargebacks as separate line items rather than a single net deposit.
App Store External Purchase Links: The 2026 Accounting Guide for iOS Developers
US iOS developers can currently run external purchase links at 0% Apple commission while courts settle a replacement rate. This guide covers the bookkeeping fallout — the merchant-of-record shift, sales tax nexus, reconciling two 1099s, and Apple's 15-day transaction reporting rule.
Bootstrapped SaaS Valuation Multiples in 2026: What Indie Founders Actually Get on Acquire.com
2026 data from 600+ Acquire.com listings shows bootstrapped SaaS selling at roughly 2.6x TTM revenue and 10.7x profit — a 30–50% discount to public comps. Here's how NRR, CAC payback, customer concentration, and reconciled books move your multiple, and the diligence documents buyers actually request.
California Just Started Taxing SaaS: What Software Sellers Need to Know Before January 1, 2027
California's SB 122, signed June 29, 2026, extends sales and use tax (7.25% state rate plus local add-ons) to prewritten software and SaaS starting January 1, 2027. Custom software and cloud infrastructure like AWS stay exempt; sellers over 5 million dollars in digital receipts shift collection to purchasers. Here is what's taxable, how billing-address sourcing works, and a compliance checklist.
AI Tool Subscription Sprawl: A Small Business Owner's Guide to Auditing and Budgeting an Exploding AI Stack
The median small business now runs five AI tools, and combined monthly spend on unaudited AI subscriptions can reach $3,000–$6,000. A five-step afternoon audit — find every AI charge including shadow spend on personal cards, price in the hours spent babysitting each tool, check seat usage, cut redundant overlap, and force a keep/downgrade/cancel decision — plus a lightweight budget structure that stops sprawl from creeping back.
E-Invoicing 2026 Mandates: A Guide for US Exporters and SaaS Sellers
Belgium requires structured B2B e-invoices via Peppol from January 1, 2026; France follows September 1, 2026; Poland's KSeF phases in February–April 2026; Germany mandates issuing in 2027–2028. What US exporters and SaaS sellers must do — required formats (UBL, Factur-X, XRechnung), network access, and penalties up to 100% of the invoice's VAT.
Billing for Tokens: A Revenue Recognition Guide for AI Usage-Based SaaS
ASC 606 still governs AI token-based pricing, but variable consideration estimates, the right-to-invoice practical expedient, and breakage on prepaid credit packs make usage-based revenue recognition materially harder to get right than flat-rate SaaS subscriptions.
EU VAT One Stop Shop: How US Freelancers and SaaS Founders Sell Into Europe Without 27 Tax Registrations
The EU's Non-Union OSS scheme lets US freelancers and SaaS founders selling digital products to EU consumers file one quarterly VAT return instead of registering separately in all 27 member states.
Involuntary Churn: A Guide to Recovering Failed SaaS Payments
Involuntary churn accounts for 20-40% of total subscription churn and drains roughly 9% of MRR industry-wide, but smart retries, dunning emails, and card account updaters can recover 60-80% of it if failed charges are booked as AR, not lost revenue.