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Amazon bookkeeping by people who actually read settlement reports

Your Amazon deposit is not your revenue. We rebuild every settlement into real sales, fees, refunds and reserves inside your own QuickBooks or Xero file, so your margins finally mean something.

Accountant reviewing Amazon settlement report spreadsheets beside a shipping box

Amazon pays you every two weeks in a lump that mixes last period's sales with this period's refunds, a dozen fee types, reserve holds and the occasional reimbursement. A bookkeeper who doesn't sell on Amazon sees one deposit. We see the 40-plus transaction types underneath it.

That difference is why sellers leave generalists. As one r/FulfillmentByAmazon seller put it: "My CPA doesn't know what Amazon is, so sometimes it's harder asking related questions." You shouldn't have to teach your bookkeeper your own business.

The three Amazon accounting mistakes we fix constantly

Deposits booked as sales

A $50,000 deposit can hide $78,500 in gross sales, $27,000 in fees and $4,000 in refunds. Booked wrong, your revenue is understated, your fee visibility is zero, and your 1099-K won't match your return.

FBA fees treated as one blob

Referral fees, FBA fulfillment, storage, long-term storage, ad spend and reimbursements each tell you something different about the business. Lumped into 'Amazon fees,' they tell you nothing. We break them out so you can see which products actually make money.

Reserves ignored until they bite

Amazon's rolling reserve means money you earned isn't money you have. We track unavailable balances so your cash flow statement matches reality, which matters most exactly when cash is tight.

What we do every month

  • Every settlement report reconciled via A2X
  • 40+ Amazon transaction types mapped correctly
  • FBA fee breakdown by category
  • Reserve and unavailable-balance tracking
  • Reimbursement and refund reconciliation
  • COGS on inventory movement, with FBA inventory valuation
  • Multi-marketplace support (US, CA, MX and beyond)
  • P&L, balance sheet and cash flow by the 10th business day

Built for FBA, FBM and hybrid sellers

FBA sellers get inventory tracking across Amazon's warehouses, including inbound shipments and Amazon's own lost-and-damaged reimbursements, which most sellers never fully collect. FBM and hybrid sellers get shipping-cost allocation so fulfillment expense lands on the right products.

Selling wholesale, private label or arbitrage changes how COGS should work, and we set the file up accordingly instead of forcing one template on every model.

What this looks like at tax time

Your CPA gets a clean accrual file where gross sales tie to the 1099-K, fees are documented, and inventory has a defensible valuation. Returns get filed without the March scramble, and if the IRS ever asks a question, the answer is a report away.

Not a US resident? We're one of the few firms that pairs Amazon-grade bookkeeping with non-resident compliance. See our international sellers page.

Closed by day 10, or 50% off

Your prior month is reconciled and delivered by the 10th business day, guaranteed in writing. Miss it and that month's fee is half price. No competitor guarantees anything.

You own your books

We work inside your QuickBooks, Xero or NetSuite file, not ours. Leave any time and everything stays with you, diligence history included.

Exit-grade, always

Accrual books with landed-cost COGS and a maintained addback schedule. If a buyer or lender called tomorrow, your books would be ready.

Published pricing, no lock-in

Our full rate card is on the website and engagements run month-to-month. Every ecommerce-exclusive competitor hides pricing behind a sales call. We don't.

Amazon bookkeeping FAQs

Do I need an accountant for my Amazon business?

At seven figures, yes, and specifically one who knows marketplaces. The cost of getting settlements, COGS and sales tax wrong scales with your volume: a 2% COGS error on $3M in sales is $60,000 of fiction in your margins, and it compounds at financing or exit time.

What software do you use for Amazon bookkeeping?

A2X or Link My Books to translate settlement reports, feeding your own QuickBooks Online or Xero file. No proprietary ledger, no lock-in, no export problem if you ever leave.

Can you handle multiple Amazon marketplaces?

Yes. US, Canada, Mexico and international marketplaces, each mapped separately with currency conversion handled properly, so you can see profitability per marketplace instead of one blended number.

Do you work with new or small Amazon sellers?

No. We work exclusively with sellers doing $100K+ a month in revenue, because our process is built for the operating complexity that starts there: multi-channel settlements, inventory financing, real COGS. Under $100K/mo, join our waitlist and we'll introduce you to a vetted starter bookkeeper, then take over when you cross seven figures.

My last bookkeeper just categorized the deposits. How bad is it?

Common, and fixable. We rebuild past periods from settlement reports as a catch-up project, then keep it right going forward. You'll likely discover your real margins for the first time.

We'll do last month's books free, and show you what your bookkeeper missed

The free Ecommerce Books Audit: connect read-only access and within 3 business days you get a clean month of books plus a 10-minute recorded teardown of every margin leak, COGS error and sales-tax risk we found. Keep it all, even if you never hire us.

  • ✓ Books closed by day 10, guaranteed in writing
  • ✓ Everything stays in your QuickBooks, Xero or NetSuite file
  • ✓ Published pricing, month-to-month, no lock-in
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