Insights, guides, and best practices for hospitality accounts payable teams.
Xero now owns Melio. What actually changed for US small businesses, when Melio is still the right call, and how the main alternatives compare on the two things that drive cost: seats and payment volume.
Duncan Abdelnour
Account numbers are a sort order and a namespace, not decoration. How to pick digit width, leave gaps, mirror revenue against cost, and avoid the location-in-the-account-number mistake that doubles your chart every time you open a site.
Duncan Abdelnour
The general rule is easy and the hard cases are where the money is. Why kitchen labor sits outside cost of sales, why delivery commission is not COGS, and why to-go containers are, with the reasoning behind each call.
Duncan Abdelnour
The 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC reporting threshold rose from $600 to $2,000 for tax year 2026. What changed, when it takes effect, the tax-year versus filing-year trap, and what to do about it.
Duncan Abdelnour
A 2026 buyer's guide to creator and influencer payout software. The evaluation criteria that matter for talent agencies, how the four categories of tools compare, real pricing, and the red flags that turn January into a fire drill.
Duncan Abdelnour
BILL's published 2026 pricing, the transaction fees that sit on top of the per-user subscription, worked total-cost examples at three company sizes, and seven alternatives with an honest read on who each one fits.
Duncan Abdelnour
How travel agencies should store client credit cards in 2026. What PCI DSS actually requires when you keep card data on file, the four categories of tools agencies use, the evaluation criteria that matter, and the red flags that turn into chargebacks.
Duncan Abdelnour
What belongs on a travel agency credit card authorization form, the three ways agencies collect them today, why emailed PDFs are the riskiest option, and how to build a process that actually holds up in a chargeback dispute.
Duncan Abdelnour
The 1099-NEC reporting threshold rose from $600 to $2,000 for payments made in 2026. What that changes for creator and talent agencies, what it does not change, and how to build a payout process that does not collapse in January.
Duncan Abdelnour
A practical guide for executive assistants who hold someone else's credit card. Why email, spreadsheets, and password managers fail, what PCI DSS actually requires, and the storage methods that keep you out of scope.
Duncan Abdelnour
Where AI actually earns its keep in AP: line-item GL coding, duplicate detection, real-time budget tracking, year-round 1099 prep, and a clean sync into your accounting system.
Duncan Abdelnour
A 2026 buyer's guide to bill pay software for bars and nightclubs: liquor-distributor coding, three-tier rules, 1099 contractor pay, and real pricing.
Duncan Abdelnour
A 2026 buyer's guide to bill pay software for catering and event companies: contractor onboarding, W-9/1099 automation, job costing, rails, and pricing.
Duncan Abdelnour
A 2026 buyer's guide to hotel bill pay and AP software: multi-property structure, department GL coding, PMS sync, rails, and real pricing.
Duncan Abdelnour
Most restaurant 1099 mistakes happen before the payment, not at year-end. A practical guide to the reporting threshold, W-9 timing, backup withholding, and which vendors actually trigger a filing requirement.
Duncan Abdelnour
A practical 2026 buyer's guide to restaurant bill pay software. The evaluation criteria that actually matter (OCR, multi-location, COGS coding, rails, pricing), how the four main categories compare, and the red flags that kill implementations.
Duncan Abdelnour
Checks look cheap at $0.10 of stock plus a stamp. The real cost, once you add labor, fraud, float, and errors, is closer to $6-$22 per payment. A hard look at check economics for restaurants in 2026, with an interactive calculator.
Duncan Abdelnour
Restaurant groups hit a wall when AP scales past one location: separate entities, consolidated vendors, per-location approvals, inter-company allocations. A practical playbook for running bill pay across a multi-unit operation.
Duncan Abdelnour
QuickBooks Online's built-in bill pay handles basic vendor payments but breaks under restaurant-specific needs: line-item coding, multi-location, restaurant invoice OCR, and recipe costing sync. Here's where it falls short and how to fix it.
Duncan Abdelnour
Restaurant bill pay is not generic B2B AP. Thin margins, 40+ vendors, and perishable inventory change what 'good' looks like. A practical 2026 guide to the rails, workflows, and tooling that actually fit how restaurants operate.
Duncan Abdelnour
42% of restaurants were unprofitable in 2025 despite record sales. The problem isn't revenue, it's knowing where money goes. Learn how proper invoice categorization and a detailed chart of accounts turn your P&L into a real management tool.
Duncan Abdelnour
Learn IRS 1099 filing rules for hospitality businesses. Covers 1099-NEC vs 1099-MISC, contractor classification, deadlines, penalties, and automation tools.
Duncan Abdelnour
Calculate the real ROI of accounts payable automation for hospitality businesses. Includes cost breakdowns, time savings, and a framework for your own analysis.
Duncan Abdelnour
Learn how payment automation helps event producers and venues close event P&L statements in days instead of weeks. Includes a real-world 500-person event example.
Duncan Abdelnour
A practical guide to collecting W-9 forms from contractors in hospitality. Covers timing, common mistakes, digital collection, and automation tools.
Duncan Abdelnour
A breakdown of how food festivals generate revenue through ticket sales, sponsorships, vendor fees, and ancillary spending. Includes cost structures, pricing models, and real numbers.
Duncan Abdelnour
A practical guide to managing vendor payments across multiple restaurant, hotel, or venue locations. Covers centralized AP, approval workflows, and reporting.
Duncan Abdelnour
Protect your hospitality business from payment fraud. Covers fake invoices, BEC scams, vendor impersonation, dual-approval workflows, and prevention checklists.
Duncan Abdelnour
Understand the differences between same-day and standard ACH payments for restaurants, hotels, and venues. Covers timelines, costs, Nacha rules, and use cases.
Duncan Abdelnour
Streamline vendor onboarding for restaurants, hotels, and venues. Covers W-9 collection, banking setup, insurance verification, and automation strategies.
Duncan Abdelnour