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Mike Thrift

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Novo Nordisk H1 2026 Earnings: DKK 175.3B Sales, DKK 69.5B Net Profit, Outlook 'Raised' to 0% to −6%

Novo Nordisk's H1 2026 results — DKK 175.3B net sales, DKK 69.5B net profit, Q2 adjusted operating profit up 11% at CER — against full-year guidance of 0% to −6% adjusted growth. A double-entry Beancount breakdown of the 340B rebate bridge, DKK 6.3B impairments, and the GLP-1 franchise's shift from scarcity to pricing pressure.

Pet Insurance as a Voluntary Employee Benefit: Costs, Payroll Deduction, and the ERISA Safe Harbor

22% of U.S. organizations now offer pet insurance, up from 14% in 2022, and under the voluntary model it costs the employer nothing in premiums. How the three program models differ, what employees pay (about $43/month for dogs, $23 for cats), why the deduction must be post-tax, and the four DOL conditions that keep the benefit outside ERISA.

Pool Closing Season: Pricing Winterization Routes, Selling Cover Upsells, and Stretching Six Weeks of Revenue Through Winter

A cold-climate pool closing costs an operator $110–$185 per stop and sells for $250–$500, so the six weeks from mid-September through October decide the whole winter. This guide prices winterization from true cost, zones routes for 6–8 stops per crew per day, ranks cover and chemical upsells by margin, and sets a winter reserve of two to three months of fixed costs before the money is spent.

QuickBooks Bill Pay Now Reads Your Vendor Emails: What AI Bill Ingestion Means for Manual Data Entry in 2026

Manual invoice entry costs about $12.88 per invoice and takes 17 days from receipt to payment, while best-in-class automated AP teams process the same invoice for under $3 in about 3 days. Here is what QuickBooks Bill Pay's AI email ingestion extracts, where it still fails on messy documents, duplicates, and invoice fraud, and a five-step rollout that keeps a human on approvals.

Rage Room Business Bookkeeping: Pricing Sessions, Costing Breakables, and Insuring the Chaos

A rage room sells the destruction of its own inventory, so session revenue means nothing without a cost per smash. This guide covers revenue by package tier, standard-cost breakable COGS, e-waste disposal rules, workers comp classification, waivers versus insurance, and the 2026 Section 179 limit of $2.56 million for buildout and equipment.

Roller Rink Bookkeeping: Admissions, Rentals, Parties, and a Floor That Doesn't Wreck Your Cash Flow

A roller rink is six businesses under one roof — admissions, rentals, parties, concessions, lessons, arcade — and blending them into one revenue line hides which ones pay for the building. How to track each stream, handle admissions tax, capitalize a ~$37,600 skate fleet, book party deposits as liabilities, and fund the annual floor recoat at $0.50–$2.50 per square foot.

Lending Money to Your Own S Corporation: How Stock Basis, Debt Basis, and Loan Paperwork Decide Whether Your Losses Are Deductible

An S corporation K-1 loss is deductible only up to your stock basis plus debt basis, and a personal guarantee of a corporate bank loan creates zero debt basis. This guide covers the two basis buckets, the $25,000 open-account-debt threshold, the repayment gain trap, and the documentation that keeps a shareholder advance from being reclassified as equity.

The SEC Whistleblower Program, Explained: What a 10–30% Bounty Means for Your Company's Internal Controls

The SEC pays whistleblowers 10–30% of sanctions collected above $1 million, and received a record 53,753 tips in FY2025. Here is how the program works, why private companies are in scope, what Rule 21F-17 forbids in your NDAs, and the five internal-control steps that keep a concern from becoming an enforcement action.