Bookkeeping tips for ecommerce sellers
Plain-English guides to the accounting and tax questions sellers actually ask. No fluff, real numbers.
July 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Etsy Bookkeeping: 8 Problems That Wreck Shop Finances
Etsy nets its fees out before you ever see the money, charges six different fee types, and takes 12% or 15% on some orders but not others. Here are the eight problems that wreck shop books, with the fix for each.
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July 30, 2026 · 12 min read
California Sales Tax for Ecommerce Sellers (2026 Guide)
California starts at 7.25%, stacks district taxes past 10% in some cities, and sets its threshold at $500,000 including marketplace sales. Plus the FBA back-tax saga every Amazon seller should know about.
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July 30, 2026 · 12 min read
Texas Sales Tax for Ecommerce Sellers (2026 Guide)
Texas charges 6.25% plus local taxes up to 8.25%, sets economic nexus at $500,000 (the most generous threshold in the country), and offers remote sellers a flat-rate shortcut most never use. Here's the whole system.
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July 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Amazon FBA Reimbursements: Claim Every Dollar (2026)
Amazon loses, damages and mis-measures seller inventory constantly, and auto-reimbursement doesn't catch all of it. What's claimable, the deadlines that got short, and how to book the money correctly.
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July 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Cash to Accrual Conversion: Step-by-Step for Ecommerce
Lenders and buyers won't take cash-basis books seriously, and for an inventory business they're right not to. Here's the conversion, adjustment by adjustment, with real numbers.
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July 30, 2026 · 12 min read
Tariff Accounting for Ecommerce Sellers: The 2026 Guide
Duties are inventory cost, not a shipping expense. Here's the accounting that keeps margins honest when tariffs move: landed cost per SKU, refund booking, repricing math and a cash plan for duty payments.
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July 29, 2026 · 11 min read
Tax ID Numbers for Ecommerce Sellers: EIN, ITIN, SSN Explained
A US sole prop can sell on their SSN, an LLC almost always wants an EIN, and international sellers can get an EIN with no SSN at all. Here's every tax ID, who needs which, and the exact steps.
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July 29, 2026 · 11 min read
COGS Formula for Ecommerce: Calculate It Right (With Examples)
Beginning inventory plus purchases minus ending inventory. Four words each, and most sellers still get it wrong, because the hard part is what goes into 'purchases' and when. Worked examples inside.
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July 29, 2026 · 11 min read
QuickBooks Online Pricing 2026: What Ecommerce Sellers Actually Need
Plus at $115/mo is the right plan for almost every seller, Advanced is usually $160/mo of features you won't open, and the subscription is the smallest line in your real QuickBooks budget.
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July 29, 2026 · 12 min read
Washington Sales Tax for Ecommerce Sellers (2026 Guide)
Washington layers a gross-receipts B&O tax on top of one of the country's highest sales tax rates, and it's owed even on marketplace sales Amazon already handled. Here's the full picture.
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July 29, 2026 · 12 min read
Florida Sales Tax for Ecommerce Sellers (2026 Guide)
Florida charges 6% plus a county surtax, makes Amazon collect for you, and sets economic nexus at $100,000 in taxable sales. Here's the whole system, including the parts sellers get wrong.
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July 29, 2026 · 12 min read
OnlyFans Taxes & Bookkeeping: What Creators Actually Need
OnlyFans income is self-employment income, taxed at up to 40%+ combined, with nothing withheld and a 1099-NEC arriving every January. Here's the complete tax and bookkeeping picture, handled professionally.
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July 29, 2026 · 13 min read
Reseller Taxes & Bookkeeping: The Complete Guide (Poshmark, Mercari, Depop, StockX, Whatnot)
Reselling across Poshmark, Mercari, Depop, StockX and Whatnot means five fee structures, five 1099-Ks, and COGS that starts at a thrift store. Here's the whole tax and bookkeeping picture, platform by platform.
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July 29, 2026 · 12 min read
Back Market and Reebelo Seller Accounting: A Refurbisher's Guide
Nobody writes about recommerce accounting, so refurbishers copy new-goods bookkeeping and get burned by grading disputes, warranty tails and lot-cost COGS. Here's the guide, from people who sell on these platforms.
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July 29, 2026 · 11 min read
Shopify Bookkeeping Problems: Payout Soup, Connector Chaos, Gift Cards
Shopify hands you clean dashboards and a bookkeeping mess underneath: four payment gateways, sync apps that flood QuickBooks, gift cards booked as revenue. Here's each problem and its fix.
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July 29, 2026 · 10 min read
Walmart Marketplace Bookkeeping: The Problems Amazon Habits Cause
Most Walmart sellers came from Amazon and brought their bookkeeping with them. That's the mistake. Walmart's settlements, fees and reports all work differently, and books built on Amazon assumptions get quietly wrong.
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July 29, 2026 · 11 min read
eBay Seller Bookkeeping: 11 Problems Managed Payments Creates
eBay's managed payments buried your fees, your shipping labels and your ad spend inside the payout. Here are the eleven bookkeeping problems that creates and how resellers fix each one.
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July 29, 2026 · 12 min read
Content Creator Bookkeeping: Taxes, Deductions and Every Income Stream
Creator income arrives from six directions with three different tax forms and sometimes none at all. Here's the bookkeeping that keeps influencers out of trouble and the deductions that actually survive.
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July 29, 2026 · 11 min read
TikTok Shop Bookkeeping: Taxes, Fees and Settlements Explained
TikTok Shop pays you weeks after the sale, nets out creator commissions before you see a dime, and changes its fees faster than any platform in ecommerce. Here's how to keep books that survive it.
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July 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Amazon Seller Bookkeeping: The 9 Problems That Wreck Sellers' Books
Amazon bookkeeping fails in predictable ways: deposits booked as sales, fee blobs, ignored reserves, unclaimed reimbursements. Here are all nine problems and the fix for each.
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July 29, 2026 · 11 min read
Quality of Earnings Report: What It Is, What It Costs, and How to Pass One
A QoE report is the financial exam your business takes before someone buys it. Here's what's inside one, what it costs, and the eight things that make ecommerce sellers fail it.
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July 28, 2026 · 8 min read
Form 5472 for Foreign-Owned LLCs: The $25,000 Form Every International Seller Must Know
If a non-US person owns a US LLC, Form 5472 is due every year even with zero tax owed. The penalty for missing it is $25,000 per form. Here's the whole picture.
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July 28, 2026 · 8 min read
The Ecommerce Chart of Accounts That Actually Answers Questions
Default QuickBooks gives you 'Sales' and 'Fees.' Here's the account structure that shows channel margins, fee creep and real product costs, ready to copy.
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July 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Amazon 1099-K: Why It Doesn't Match Your Deposits (And What To Do)
The 1099-K says $487,000. Your bank says $342,000. Neither is wrong, and understanding the gap is the difference between a clean filing and an IRS notice.
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July 28, 2026 · 9 min read
Amazon Seller Taxes: What You Actually Owe in 2026
Amazon handles most sales tax for you now. Income tax, 1099-K matching and inventory accounting are still your problem. Here's the whole picture in plain English.
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July 28, 2026 · 7 min read
How Much Does Ecommerce Bookkeeping Cost in 2026?
Between $149 and $1,250+ a month depending on scale, with wide variation that comes down to five factors. Here are the actual numbers firms publish, and the ones they hide.
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