E-commerce Accounting & Tax Services
Accounting, tax, payroll, and multi-state sales-tax compliance for Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, DTC brands, and multi-channel e-commerce operators.
Why e-commerce businesses need accounting built for them.
E-commerce accounting goes wrong in predictable places: marketplace settlement reports that net out fees before deposit, inventory accounting with landed cost and FIFO/weighted-average decisions, sales tax obligations triggered by economic nexus across dozens of states, deferred revenue from subscription products, and the chart-of-accounts decisions that determine whether your COGS line is meaningful or noise. Get any of these wrong and decision-quality data disappears.
What we deliver for e-commerce clients.
Every engagement combines our core accounting practice with the industry-specific knowledge e-commerce businesses need.
E-commerce Bookkeeping
SKU-aware bookkeeping with marketplace integrations and clean COGS that supports decisions.
Tax Preparation
Federal and state returns for the operating entity, with marketplace facilitator analysis.
Multi-State Sales Tax
Economic-nexus review, registration in obligated states, monthly filings, and remittance.
Payroll
Multi-state payroll for remote operations teams with proper state withholding.
Fractional CFO
Unit economics, CAC/LTV analysis, inventory financing review, and cash forecasting through busy seasons.
Financial Reporting
Investor-grade financial reporting for DTC brands raising or refinancing.
Practice depth, documented standards, accountable people.
We hold ourselves to documented editorial standards, a published client success methodology, and the compliance posture appropriate to a U.S. professional accounting firm. Specifically for e-commerce engagements:
- Marketplace settlement reconciliation: Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, eBay, Walmart, Stripe, Square
- Inventory accounting with landed-cost capture and weighted-average or FIFO methods
- Multi-state sales-tax registration, filing, and reconciliation across economic-nexus jurisdictions
- COGS structure that supports unit-economics analysis at the SKU level
- Foreign manufacturer accounting: import duties, tariffs, and intercompany allocations
- Deferred revenue accounting for subscription, membership, and recurring product programs
- Returns and refunds reserve methodology
We are not a CPA firm. For engagements requiring CPA attestation, we coordinate with our licensed CPA partner network. We do not exaggerate credentials, and the named team on your engagement is the team that performs the work.
FAQ for e-commerce clients
Do you work with brands selling on multiple marketplaces?
Yes. Multi-channel is our most common e-commerce engagement profile. We reconcile settlement reports from each marketplace separately and produce consolidated financials.
What about international sales?
We handle U.S. tax obligations and the U.S. side of cross-border transactions. For VAT/GST registration outside the U.S., we coordinate with international tax partners.
Can you set up Amazon-specific accounting?
Yes. Amazon settlement reports require specific handling for FBA fees, storage, advertising, reserves, and returns. We integrate via A2X or Link My Books depending on the situation.
Do you help with sales tax for prior periods?
Yes. Voluntary disclosure agreements (VDAs) and back-period filings for unregistered states are part of our sales-tax practice. We coordinate the analysis and the filings.
Three steps from here to a working engagement.
Generate a quote
Eight questions, 90 seconds, a locked final monthly price scaled to your specific e-commerce profile.
Discovery call
A 20-minute call to confirm the scope, meet your account lead, and align on the engagement details.
Onboard in 2 to 6 weeks
We rebuild your books to a clean baseline and run our first monthly close in parallel before fully taking over.