Accounting for sellers who know a payout is not revenue.
The Shaazford group grows ecommerce brands for a living. Shaazbook keeps their books. That means settlement reconciliation, inventory by SKU, marketplace-collected tax and cross-border VAT are the default, not a special request.
Four mistakes we fix in the first month.
Payouts booked as revenue
Amazon deposits net of fees, ads, refunds and reserves. Booking the deposit hides 25 to 40 percent of cost and makes every margin figure wrong.
Sales tax and VAT remitted twice
Marketplaces collect on marketplace sales in the US, UK and EU. Sellers who do not strip it out either over-remit or over-state revenue.
Inventory nobody can reconcile
Stock in FBA, in transit, in a 3PL and at the factory, in three currencies. Without landed cost by SKU, gross margin is a guess.
Nexus discovered by a state auditor
FBA inventory in twelve states is physical presence in twelve states. The letter arrives years later with interest.
Built for the sector, not adapted to it.
- Settlement reconciliation for every channel, every marketplace, every currency
- Contribution margin by SKU and channel in the monthly pack
- Perpetual inventory with landed cost, reconciled to platform stock reports
- US sales tax nexus study, registrations and returns; UK and EU VAT with OSS and IOSS
- Ad spend matched to the revenue it drove, per channel
- Cash flow forecast that models inventory purchases against payout timing
Usually these.
In roughly this order of importance for ecommerce & marketplace sellers.
Ecommerce Accounting
Amazon, Shopify, TikTok Shop and Walmart settlements reconciled to true margin, in every market you sell in.
US Sales Tax & Nexus
Nexus analysis, registrations and returns across the states where you actually owe tax.
VAT Returns & Compliance
UK and UAE VAT registration, returns and scheme selection, filed digitally and on time.
Bookkeeping
Reconciled monthly on Xero or QuickBooks, so the numbers are real before you look at them.
Cash Flow Forecasting & Budgeting
13-week cash forecasts and annual budgets that tell you the runway before the bank does.
Company Formation
UK Ltd, UAE mainland or free zone, US LLC or C-corp: formed correctly, with tax registrations and bank account support.
Do you integrate with Amazon and Shopify?
Yes, through A2X or Link My Books into Xero or QuickBooks, with manual settlement processing where a platform's integration lags, which currently includes TikTok Shop and Noon.
I sell in the US from the UK. Do I need a US company?
Not necessarily. A UK company can sell on Amazon.com and register for US sales tax without a US entity. A US LLC helps with banking, some suppliers and Walmart onboarding. We advise on your case.
Can you work with the agency that runs my Amazon account?
If it is Shaazford, we already share the data. If it is another agency, we work from the reports you both have access to.
Talk to someone who has done ecommerce books before.
Thirty minutes, no pitch deck. Tell us the entities and the countries, and we will tell you honestly what applies and what it costs.