Mike Thrift
Marketing Manager
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.
Antique Dealer and Consignment Mall Bookkeeping: ASC 606, Bailee Inventory, and the Section 1221 Trap
Antique dealers handle per-piece tax classifications, principal-versus-agent revenue questions, and marketplace facilitator sales tax obligations that off-the-shelf retail systems mishandle. This guide explains how to book direct purchases, consignments, and multi-dealer mall sales under ASC 606, the Section 1221 capital-gain trap, and the collectibles 28 percent rate.
Auctioneer and Estate Sale Bookkeeping: Consignment Accounting, Trust Accounts, and the KPIs That Matter
Auction houses recognize revenue net—at the buyer's premium and consignor commission—under ASC 606, not at gross hammer price. A working guide to the consignor settlement liability, state trust-account rules, Form 8300 cash reporting, and the KPIs (sell-through rate, effective commission, settlement cycle time) that signal a healthy auction business.
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.
Bed-and-Breakfast Bookkeeping: OTA Commissions, Occupancy Tax, and the Section 280A Trap
How small inns and B&Bs should record OTA commissions at gross under ASC 606, hold transient occupancy tax in fiduciary accounts, navigate the Section 280A live-in owner trap, and stack Section 47 historic credits with cost segregation.
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.
Commercial Honey Producer and Beekeeping Operation Bookkeeping: Schedule F, the Section 263A(d) Pre-Productive Period Election, Multi-State Pollination Revenue, and Pounds-Per-Hive KPIs
How commercial honey producers and pollination apiarists structure books for Schedule F, elect out of Section 263A pre-productive period capitalization, depreciate bees as 7-year livestock, source pollination revenue across state lines, comply with FDA honey labeling, and track pounds-per-colony and revenue-per-hive KPIs at a 1,000-hive scale.
Commercial Janitorial and Office Cleaning Service Bookkeeping: A Practical Guide for Independent Operators
How independent commercial cleaning operators should structure revenue recognition under ASC 606, allocate route-level costs, capitalize equipment under Section 179, and manage 1099 misclassification risk — with ISSA-aligned KPI benchmarks and a chart-of-accounts outline.
Culinary School and Cooking Academy Bookkeeping: Recognizing Prepaid Tuition Under ASC 606, Tracking Ingredient COGS Per Lab Session, and Surviving the Title IV Audit
How accredited and recreational culinary schools should defer tuition under ASC 606, allocate ingredient COGS per lab session, handle Title IV refund calculations, classify chef instructors, and apply Section 179 and 2026 bonus depreciation to kitchen build-out.
The Decorator's Profit Math: A Bookkeeping Guide for Custom Screen Printing and Embroidery Shops
Custom decorator shops sit at the crossroads of manufacturing, retail, and service work. This guide walks through the four-layer job cost model, ASC 606 treatment of customer deposits on custom goods, Section 179 expensing of presses and embroidery machines, and the press-hour and stitch-hour KPIs that separate profitable shops from merely busy ones.
Equestrian Boarding and Lesson Barn Bookkeeping: A Practical Guide for Owner-Operators
Boarding stables run at least five revenue streams with wildly different margins. This guide covers ASC 606 timing for board and lesson packages, agister's lien enforcement, ABC-test worker classification, Section 179 and cost segregation for arenas, EALA compliance, and the KPIs—stall occupancy, revenue per stall, hay-cost ratio—that separate profitable barns from quietly failing ones.
Esports Gaming Lounge and LAN Center Bookkeeping: Memberships, Tournaments, and the 24-Month Refresh Cycle
How independent esports lounges and LAN centers handle ASC 606 deferred revenue on memberships, agent vs principal treatment for tournament prize pools, Section 179 expensing on a 24-month gaming PC refresh, 1099-NEC vs W-2 classification for casters and streamers, and the station-hour KPIs that separate 22% margin operators from the rest.