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Accounting solutions for Amazon sellers and FBA businesses
On June 22, 2026, Walmart quietly cut Marketplace referral fees in 14 categories — steepest in apparel, electronics, and home goods — while Amazon's 2026 FBA costs rose. How sellers can verify their new rates in Seller Center, stack New Seller Savings discounts, and track the margin impact in their books.
Under the Consumer Product Safety Act, selling recalled products is illegal regardless of business size — and Amazon can bill recall refunds back to third-party sellers. This guide covers the three bookkeeping steps a recall triggers for e-commerce resellers — writing recalled inventory off the balance sheet under GAAP, recording reimbursements separately from revenue, and documenting disposal — plus why the accounting write-off and the IRS tax deduction often land in different periods.
Traditional EDI costs small suppliers $10,000–$100,000+ upfront plus $1–$5 per transaction, while the nonprofit DBNAlliance exchange network launched in 2024 cuts per-invoice fees to $0.05–$0.25 — some access points are free. Here's how small B2B sellers can meet Walmart-style electronic invoicing mandates without overpaying, and why structured e-invoices get paid 1.4–2 days faster.
In September 2025 the FTC fined Temu's parent Whaleco $2 million in the first-ever INFORM Consumers Act enforcement action. The law classifies anyone with 200 sales and $5,000 in revenue on a platform as a high-volume third-party seller — here's what verification, annual recertification, and the $20,000 disclosure trigger mean for Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Etsy sellers.
Amazon Associates pays roughly 60 days in arrears, ShareASale and Impact pay per merchant program rather than as a single payer, and the 2026 1099-NEC threshold rose from $600 to $2,000 — so most affiliate income now arrives with no tax form at all, making a monthly earned-basis reconciliation the only reliable way to track what you actually owe.
Amazon relaunched its business credit cards on May 13, 2026, switching from American Express to U.S. Bank on the Mastercard network. The Prime Business Card pays 5% back (3% without Prime) on the first $150,000 in annual purchases, then 1% — and old Amex-issued cards stop working August 14, 2026. Here's the blended-rate math and a transition checklist for your books.
Amazon DSP settlement statements bundle base route rates, per-package fees, scorecard bonuses, and 1-4% chargebacks into one net deposit, and owners who book that as a single revenue line miss chargeback creep and the 50-60% labor markup that separates a 2.5% margin from a 6%+ one.
Amazon's FY2025: $716.9B net sales (+12.4%) and a record $77.7B net income (+31.1%) — but operating income grew only 16.6%, with a $15.2B non-operating equity gain accounting for $7.0B after tax. AWS grew 19.7% to $128.7B and produced 57% of company operating income on 18% of revenue, while PP&E jumped $104.4B in a single year. Modeled line by line in a public Beancount ledger.
Amazon's 2026 FBA fee changes start the aged-inventory surcharge at 181 days instead of 271, add a steeper tier for stock over 12 months old, and raise the low-inventory-level fee threshold from 28 to 35 days of forecasted supply — now enforced per FNSKU variation. Here's who pays most, how to estimate your exposure, and why these fees belong as separate expense lines in your books.
Starting July 8, 2026, the CPSC requires importers to eFile certificate-of-compliance data directly into CBP's ACE system for every regulated shipment, with violations risking penalties up to $120,500 per infraction.
Starting July 1, 2026, the EU replaces its €150 duty-free threshold with a flat €3-per-item customs duty on distance sales, so a three-item EU order with distinct HS codes can owe €9 in duty on top of VAT — here's what US sellers need to audit before the deadline.
Inventory distortion costs retailers $1.77 trillion a year in stockouts and overstock, and multichannel sellers on Shopify, Amazon, and POS are especially exposed to sync lag, phantom inventory, and manual reconciliation errors—this guide covers real-time sync, cycle counts, and reorder-point formulas to fix it.
