Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by sorbits 1903 days ago
I use the word “should” as per RFC 2119, i.e. recommended (as opposed to “must” = required).

Though the IRS does limit the types of businesses that can do cash-basis accounting, it would be businesses without inventory, and who does not offer credit to their customers, e.g. a hairdresser would probably use cash-basis accounting, but more complicated businesses would not, certainly not a business that needs its own billing system :)