Plain-text accounting insights, tutorials, and updates from the Beancount.io team.
Maldives TGST rose to 17% on 1 July 2025 and reaches foreign sellers on 1 Oct 2026 — how guesthouses keep TGST, Green Tax and MIRA 206 returns right.
Luxembourg's 2026 package adds a 20% start-up investor credit, lifts pension contributions to 8.5% each, and keeps the €50,000 VAT SME exemption.
Liquidated damages = daily rate × days late. Cap them at 5–10% of contract price, define excusable delays, and book them under ASC 606, not as expenses.
Klarna earned $9M in Q2 2026 on $1.04B of revenue, but a $69M loan-sale gain did the work; $11.7B of deposits equal 120% of its $9.8B loan book.
Illinois taxes targeted-ad providers 10% on gross receipts from Jan 1, 2027; agencies and sellers face higher CPMs without filing the tax.
Hims & Hers grew Q2 2026 revenue 38% to $753M with 2.9M subscribers, but GLP-1 costs cut gross margin to 64% and a $47.5M legal charge drove an $86M loss.
General Mills' Q1 FY2027 operating profit fell 63%, but $1.05B was last year's yogurt-sale gain; adjusted profit fell 11% as North America Retail sales slid 7%.
Small-business gas spend jumped nearly 31% in 2026. Track fuel per mile, split the 72.5¢/76¢ IRS mileage rate, and book fuel surcharges as revenue.
IRS rules let your health FSA carry over $680 or offer a 2.5-month grace period — never both. The run-out deadline decides what you actually keep.
Only 23% of family farms have a succession plan. Transfer management first, use LLC interests plus IRS Sections 2032A and 6166, and keep the farm intact.
Section 132(c) caps tax-free employee discounts at 20% for services and your gross profit percentage for goods — the excess is W-2 wages.
AI collections agents now send follow-up emails, calls, and texts on their own — adopt them only after cleaning your AR aging and documenting TCPA consent.
