#e-commerce
Accounting solutions for online stores and e-commerce businesses
A pre-ticked "optional" fee is not consent — the FTC's $35M order makes opt-in defaults, total-price disclosure, and traceable fee accounts the standard.
A single return costs 20-65% of the item's value. US sellers cut the loss with tiered fees, exchanges-first policies, and ASC 606 refund accounting.
CBP voids importer of record numbers immediately when Form 5106 data is inaccurate - no cure period. Verify your physical address, email, and phone now.
Squarespace replaced Personal and Business with Basic ($16), Core ($23), Plus ($39), and Advanced ($99) — and digital-product fees now run 7% to 0% by tier.
A MATCH listing follows a terminated merchant for five years and nobody has to tell you. Here are the reason codes, the high-risk cost, and three paths off.
Carrier billing errors cost shippers 3 to 5 percent of parcel spend, and late-delivery refunds expire 15 days after the invoice (FedEx) or scheduled delivery (UPS). This eight-point audit checklist covers service failures, duplicates, DIM errors, and bogus surcharges, plus a weekly routine that keeps claims inside the window.
Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 10 of 2026 requires every social-media seller to register with MOCI, issue Arabic e-invoices, honor a 14-day return window, and keep influencer records five years — penalties reach KD 10,000 or a year in prison.
Alibaba's FY2027 Q1 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) posted RMB 268,953 million revenue (+9%) while GAAP net income fell 75% to RMB 10,444 million. AI Cloud and Compute Services revenue accelerated to +45% with adjusted EBITA up 133%, CapEx rose 75% to RMB 67,678 million, and free cash flow swung to a RMB 44,670 million outflow — every line reconciled FY2023–FY2027 Q1 in a public Beancount ledger kept in RMB millions.
BNPL settlements net fees at the source and deduct refunds from future payouts, so booking the bank deposit as revenue understates sales and breaks your 1099-K tie-out. This guide shows the clearing-account method — one account per provider, revenue booked gross on the order date, fees as their own expense — with a worked $10,000 Afterpay week and a monthly close checklist.
When a seller doesn't charge sales tax, the buyer owes use tax to their own state at the local rate. This guide covers the five situations that trigger use tax for small businesses, how to self-accrue it on a sales tax or consumer use tax return, and why auditors target it first.
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act applies to every written warranty on a consumer product costing more than $10, requiring a full or limited title, forbidding blanket disclaimers of implied warranties and brand-name parts requirements, and mandating pre-sale access to the terms above $15. A small-seller guide with a 10-point compliance checklist.
Shopify Plus now starts at $2,500/month and the variable platform fee on online sales is reported at 0.40% of GMV (up from 0.25%), capped around $40,000/month. Here is the fee math at $3M to $120M in annual GMV, plus how to book the license, variable fee, and payouts so margin erosion shows up in your P&L instead of at tax time.
