An inspector finds dyed diesel in your pickup's tank, and in normal times that's at least $1,000 in federal penalty. Until December 31, 2026, the IRS won't impose it, but your state may still enforce its own rules.
You start on Monday, and on day 6 the customer cancels inside their 14-day cancellation period. Without their written request to start early, those two days of strip-out earn you nothing.
Three ways to let a customer pay a big job over time, and what each brings: when Truth in Lending makes you a creditor, the FTC Holder notice, the three-day wait your own lien right can trigger, and what a lender's dealer fee does to your quote.
A $1,000 year-end bonus reaches your tech as about $703.50 before state tax. Which withholding method you can use, why gift cards are wages and the turkey is not, the holiday party and client gifts, and how to gross the bonus up.
Installing heat pumps, solar panels, batteries and insulation in homes carries zero VAT until 31 March 2027, then 5%. How the tax point decides the rate on a job that slips into April, what the Boiler Upgrade Scheme leaves open, and the line to put on winter quotes.
NSW funds portable long service leave with a levy on the job; Victoria charges 2.7% of each covered worker's ordinary pay. Who registers in each state, what it costs, apprentices, returns and the rules for owner-directors on the tools.
Your techs can deduct customer tips under the no tax on tips law, but only if you set up the tip screen, pay tips over and report them right. One $40 card tip traced from the screen to the 2026 W-2, and which trades qualify.
Christmas Day, a Saturday St Stephen's Day and New Year's Day all fall inside this year's closure. What each worker gets for them, how part-timers qualify, the dates by which you must consult and answer the crew, and a worked calendar for a crew of three.
Applications for the plumbing and drainlaying self-certification endorsement opened on 7 September 2026. It costs $2,260 and it moves the inspection off your programme and onto your signature.
From the 2026 tax year, employed construction tradespeople can deduct up to $10,000 of lodging and travel for out-of-town jobs, if the room is 120 km closer to the site than home. Who qualifies, the two caps, a worked example, and how your allowance changes the claim.
