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Business Meals Deduction: The 50% Rule and 2026 Changes

Business Meals Deduction: The 50% Rule and 2026 Changes

Most business meals are 50% deductible under IRC section 274(n): the meal cannot be lavish, you or an employee must be present, and it must involve a business contact. This guide covers what qualifies, why entertainment is out, the meals that stay 100%, and the 2026 employer-meal change.

Sep 20, 2026·12 min read

Current Ratio Explained: Formula, Example, Benchmark

Current Ratio Explained: Formula, Example, Benchmark

The current ratio measures whether your short-term assets can cover your short-term debts. This guide gives the formula, a worked small-business example, the difference between the current, quick, and cash ratios, what benchmark counts as healthy, and how to improve the number.

Sep 18, 2026·10 min read

1099 Late Filing Penalty: 2026 Amounts and How to Avoid It

1099 Late Filing Penalty: 2026 Amounts and How to Avoid It

File a 1099 late and the IRS charges by how late you are: $60, $130, or $340 per form for returns due in 2026. Miss the recipient copy too and a second penalty applies. Here is the full schedule and how to stay out of it.

Sep 17, 2026·11 min read

Cash Flow Statement: How to Read One (With Example)

Cash Flow Statement: How to Read One (With Example)

The cash flow statement is the third core financial statement, and the one that reconciles your profit to the money in the bank. This guide breaks down the operating, investing, and financing sections, explains the direct and indirect methods, and walks a worked example for a small business.

Sep 16, 2026·10 min read

HSA for the Self-Employed: 2026 Limits and the Deduction

HSA for the Self-Employed: 2026 Limits and the Deduction

If you are self-employed with a high deductible health plan, an HSA is tax-free going in, growing, and coming out. This guide covers the 2026 contribution limits, who qualifies, where the deduction goes, and why it lowers your income tax but never your self-employment tax.

Sep 15, 2026·10 min read

How to Fill Out Form 8829: A Line-by-Line Guide (2026)

How to Fill Out Form 8829: A Line-by-Line Guide (2026)

You work from a spare room and the regular method beats the $1,500 simplified cap. Here is Form 8829 part by part: the business percentage, direct vs. indirect expenses, depreciation, and the income limit that carries unused deductions to next year.

Sep 14, 2026·11 min read

Bad Debt Expense: How to Record It and When It's Deductible

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Bad Debt Expense: How to Record It and When It's Deductible

Bad debt expense is the portion of your accounts receivable you no longer expect to collect. This guide covers the allowance and direct write-off methods with journal entries and worked examples, plus when the IRS lets you deduct an unpaid invoice.

Sep 13, 2026·10 min read

Business Gift Tax Deduction: The $25 Limit Explained

Business Gift Tax Deduction: The $25 Limit Explained

The federal business gift deduction is capped at $25 per recipient per year under IRC section 274(b), a figure Congress has not raised since 1962. This guide corrects six costly gift myths against the IRS, from engraving that rides on top of the $25 to the gift card that is really taxable wages.

Sep 11, 2026·10 min read

Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio: Formula and Meaning

Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio: Formula and Meaning

The accounts receivable turnover ratio measures how many times a year you collect your average receivables. This guide covers the formula, a worked example, how it converts to days sales outstanding, what a good ratio looks like, and how to improve it.

Sep 10, 2026·10 min read

Net 30 Payment Terms: What They Mean and When to Use Them

Net 30 Payment Terms: What They Mean and When to Use Them

Net 30 means a client has 30 days to pay an invoice. This guide explains the net terms family, the cash-flow cost of offering credit, and why a 2/10 net 30 early-payment discount annualizes near 37%.

Sep 8, 2026·10 min read

Fixed and Variable Costs: How to Classify Every Expense

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Fixed and Variable Costs: How to Classify Every Expense

A fixed cost stays flat whether you sell one unit or a thousand; a variable cost rises and falls with volume. This guide sorts one print shop's real costs into fixed, variable, and mixed, splits a mixed electricity bill with the high-low method, and shows why the mix decides how your profit scales.

Sep 7, 2026·10 min read

Prepaid Expenses: What They Are and When You Deduct Them

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Prepaid Expenses: What They Are and When You Deduct Them

A prepaid expense is a cost you have paid but not yet used, so it starts as an asset and becomes an expense over time. This guide walks the amortization with a worked example, contrasts it with accrued expenses, and explains when you can deduct one under the cash method and the IRS 12-month rule.

Sep 7, 2026·10 min read

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