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Accounstone
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Accounting for E-Commerce

Multi-channel sales reconciliation, inventory and COGS accounting, and sales tax nexus tracking for online retailers selling across marketplaces and their own storefront.

Overview

What Makes E-Commerce Accounting Different

E-commerce accounting breaks down when a business sells across multiple channels — each platform reports revenue, fees, and payouts differently, and none of it automatically matches what lands in your bank account. Add multi-state sales tax nexus rules and inventory-based cost of goods sold, and generic bookkeeping quickly falls behind. We reconcile each channel individually, track true net revenue after fees and returns, and keep inventory-based COGS accurate so your margins reflect reality.

How We Help

Support Built for E-Commerce

  • Multi-channel reconciliation across Shopify, Amazon, and other marketplaces

  • Inventory and cost of goods sold (COGS) tracking for accurate margins

  • Multi-state sales tax nexus tracking

  • Marketplace fees, refunds, and chargebacks broken out as separate line items

  • True net revenue reporting per sales channel

  • QuickBooks and Xero integration with common e-commerce platforms

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, we reconcile sales, fees, and payouts across channels like Shopify, Amazon, and other marketplaces, matching what actually lands in your bank account against what each platform reports.

Yes, we track inventory costs and COGS so your margins reflect actual product cost, not just revenue minus operating expenses.

We help track where you may have sales tax nexus obligations across states based on your sales volume and activity, and can work alongside a sales tax filing service or your tax advisor for the actual filings.

Yes, we break out marketplace fees, refunds, and chargebacks as their own line items so you can see true net revenue per channel, not a blended number that hides where margin is being lost.

We work with QuickBooks and Xero as the accounting backbone, connected to common e-commerce and payment platforms your business already uses.

Ready to Simplify Your E-Commerce Accounting?

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