Plain-text accounting insights, tutorials, and updates from the Beancount.io team.
A 401(k) loan caps at 50% of your vested balance or $50,000 — and leaving your job can turn the unpaid balance into taxable income plus a 10% penalty.
806 Belize MSMEs won a one-year business-tax holiday; the first certificates expire now. Check your status, dodge the fake Amnesty 2.0, and plan the landing.
Bank sign-up bonuses are IRS-taxable interest income, usually on 1099-INT, taxed at your marginal rate with nothing withheld. Set aside 22–37% plus state tax.
A 501(c)(4) may electioneer only while politics stays under half its effort, per IRS rules — and political spending triggers 21% tax via Form 1120-POL.
Zimbabwe moved large buses, haulage trucks, and boats off presumptive tax in 2026 — now they pay income tax on actual profit with quarterly instalments.
A DOT collection wholesales for 35 to 45 dollars against 65 to 80 dollars retail — track lab pass-throughs per specimen or the margin vanishes.
Ulta's Q2 FY2026 sales rose 8.9% to $3.04B on 3.8% comps, with operating income up 10.1% to $379.6M and no tariff refund in the margin.
Private-practice dietitians can write off 27 common costs on Schedule C — license fees, CPEUs, EHR software, mileage — with receipts to back each one.
Amusement parks, camps, and ski resorts can skip federal overtime by passing the 7-month or 33-1/3 percent receipts test — if state law agrees.
Pennsylvania LLCs faced a September 30 annual report deadline; corps June 30, LPs December 31. A missed 2027 report triggers dissolution six months later.
Pay one sitter $3,000+ in 2026 and IRS rules make you a household employer owing FICA plus a Schedule H filing unless the under-18 student exemption applies.
Nepal registers goods sellers at Rs 5M, services at Rs 3M — lines drawn decades ago. How to comply now, and what a unified Rs 7M threshold would change.
