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EV Charging Station Bookkeeping: The Real Math Behind Per-kWh Margins, Demand Charges, and Payback Period

Demand charges can account for 30–70% of a commercial electricity bill and add roughly $9,000 to a single month when six DC fast chargers peak simultaneously — yet most operators blend them into one utilities account. How to book charging revenue against per-kWh COGS, track the Section 30C credit that now sunsets June 30, 2026, and model realistic payback periods for Level 2 ($4,500–$12,000/port) and DC fast chargers ($90,000–$200,000/port).

Mike Thrift

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Bookkeeping for Vehicle Wrap and Window Tint Shops: Job Costing, Bay Utilization, and Deposits

Installation labor runs close to 60% of a full vehicle wrap's cost, yet most wrap and tint shops book it in monthly lump sums that hide per-job losses. This guide covers splitting tint, wrap, and PPF revenue lines, tracking redo hours and revenue per bay-hour, booking deposits as liabilities, and measuring film yield against a 10-15% waste allowance.

Mike Thrift

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Accounting for Customer Loyalty Rewards Programs: ASC 606 Points Liability, Deferred Revenue, and Breakage

Under ASC 606, loyalty points are a separate performance obligation — part of each sale is allocated to a deferred revenue liability using standalone selling prices, recognized when points are redeemed, with unredeemed value booked as breakage in proportion to redemptions. This guide walks through the journal entries, the proportional vs. remote breakage methods, the chart of accounts, and the state escheatment rules that can block breakage income.

Mike Thrift

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State EPR Packaging Laws Are Now a P&L Line Item: The 2026 Compliance Playbook for CPG Brands, Shopify Sellers, and Amazon FBA Operators

Six U.S. states now enforce Extended Producer Responsibility laws for packaging, with fee invoices arriving in 2025 and 2026. Here is how California SB 54, Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act, and Colorado's HB22-1355 reshape CPG brand P&L, plus the SKU-level bill of materials, ship-to-state allocation, and inventoriable vs. SG&A accounting treatment required for clean 2026 filings.

Mike Thrift

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Bookkeeping for Independent Doulas: Prepaid Packages, Scope-of-Practice Risk, and the KPIs Behind a Profitable Perinatal Practice

How independent doulas should structure their books — allocating prepaid birth packages across performance obligations, classifying backup doulas correctly, handling HSA/FSA and Medicaid payment pathways, and reading the KPIs that predict whether a perinatal practice is actually sustainable.

Mike Thrift

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Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic Bookkeeping: A Practical Guide for Licensed Practitioners

A working guide for acupuncture and TCM clinics covering ASC 606 across cash-pay, commercial insurance, and Medicare; prepaid package deferred revenue and breakage; herbal pharmacy COGS under FDA dietary supplement rules; Section 179 for treatment tables and electroacupuncture units; and the KPIs lenders and benchmarking services actually track.

Mike Thrift

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Axe Throwing Venue Bookkeeping: Lane Bookings, League Memberships, Corporate Events, and Waiver Liability

How axe throwing venues should structure five distinct revenue streams—walk-in lanes, league memberships, corporate events, bar sales, and BYOB pour fees—under ASC 606, including pass-through IATF dues, refundable damage deposits, cost-segregation reclassifications of $40K–$100K of build-out, and the revenue-per-lane-hour KPI that signals when to expand.

Mike Thrift

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Cannabis Dispensary Bookkeeping Under Section 280E: COGS, METRC, FinCEN BSA, and the KPIs MSOs Track

How disciplined cannabis dispensaries build books that survive Section 280E—segregating COGS from disallowed expenses, applying the Section 471(c) small-taxpayer carve-out, reconciling METRC to the POS to the general ledger daily, handling FinCEN BSA cash-banking and Form 8300 reporting, and reporting the sales-per-square-foot and basket-size KPIs MSO lenders read.

Mike Thrift

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