What the accounting actually looks like
A craft show coordination platform takes booth fees, application fees, and sometimes a share of vendor sales, alongside organizer subscription revenue. Refunds and rain-date adjustments are routine. Expenses cluster around hosting, payment processing, marketing, and contractor support for show operations. The 1099 list usually includes show-day staff, marketing freelancers, and occasional photographers. A monthly close with per-show review at event close is the natural rhythm.
How ATCS handles it for craftshow.events
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Department/location coding
Per-show coding gives organizers a clean ledger for each event without manually slicing reports.
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Per-transaction document attachments
Vendor agreements and venue contracts stay attached to the booking entry.
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Multi-account reconciliation
Booth fees, refunds, and processor fees reconcile in one workflow.
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Audit log + close-cycle workflow
Refund cycles after a show resolve cleanly within a controlled close.
Bookkeeping reality for Local services & marketplaces
Two-sided marketplaces and event platforms live on the gross-versus-net revenue question. Whether the books recognize platform fees only or full transaction value, then remit to providers, has to be settled in policy and reflected consistently. Provider payouts produce large 1099-NEC populations — most local-service providers are sole props or single-member LLCs — making tokenized W-9 capture and encrypted TIN storage table stakes. Refunds, weather cancellations, and partial-job adjustments are recurring journal volume. Sales tax marketplace-facilitator rules apply in some states.