Marketplace settlements to true margin, by SKU, by channel, by country.
A marketplace payout is not revenue. It is revenue minus referral fees, FBA fees, advertising, refunds, reserves and, increasingly, tax the platform collected for you. We split every settlement into its parts, because that is the only way to know what a product actually makes.
The whole job, not the visible half.
Everything below is in scope on the plan that includes ecommerce accounting. Nothing on this list is an add-on.
- Settlement reconciliation for Amazon, Shopify, TikTok Shop, Walmart, eBay, Noon and Etsy
- Revenue, fees, advertising, refunds and reserves posted separately, per channel
- Marketplace-collected VAT and sales tax kept out of revenue and reconciled to the platform reports
- Inventory and cost of goods tracked by SKU, including landed cost and FBA stock in transit
- Contribution margin by SKU and channel in the monthly pack
- Cross-border VAT: OSS, IOSS, postponed accounting and UAE VAT on marketplace sales
Three situations we see every week.
Amazon sellers in more than one marketplace
Amazon UK, EU, US and UAE each settle in their own currency with their own fee structures and their own VAT treatment.
DTC brands on Shopify with paid media
Ad spend is the biggest cost after goods. It has to be matched to the revenue it drove, not lumped into marketing.
Brands the Shaazford group already grows
The same group runs the marketplace accounts. The accounting is built on the same data.
Four steps, then a rhythm.
Connect
Marketplace and payment-processor feeds are connected through A2X or Link My Books, or reconciled from settlement reports where an integration does not exist.
Map
Every settlement line type is mapped once to the right account and tax code, per marketplace, per country.
Reconcile
Settlements are reconciled to bank deposits every month, and inventory movements to the platform's stock reports.
Report
The monthly pack shows margin by SKU and channel, ad spend as a percentage of sales, and stock cover.
The rules differ. So does the work.
The same service, applied to each jurisdiction's law. Figures checked September 2026.
Amazon and other marketplaces are deemed suppliers for VAT on many consumer sales, so the VAT return must exclude what the platform accounted for. Postponed VAT accounting handles imports without cash flow cost.
Everything about the UK ↗Noon and Amazon.ae sales are subject to 5 percent VAT and the seller usually accounts for it. Ecommerce businesses in free zones must test whether marketplace sales to mainland consumers affect qualifying-income status for corporate tax.
Everything about the UAE ↗Marketplace facilitator laws mean Amazon, Walmart and eBay collect sales tax on marketplace sales in every state. Direct Shopify sales remain the seller's liability wherever economic nexus exists. FBA inventory creates physical nexus.
Everything about the USA ↗One senior accountant. One flat fee. Three countries.
Group figures are Shaazford Global LLC's published numbers across all its service lines.
Can you reconcile Amazon settlements to the bank?
Yes, every one. Where a settlement spans a period end we split it correctly rather than posting on the deposit date.
How do you handle inventory?
Perpetual inventory by SKU where the platform data supports it, with landed cost including freight and duty. Stock in FBA, in transit and in 3PLs is tracked separately.
Do you work with A2X?
A2X and Link My Books for Amazon and Shopify, with manual settlement processing for TikTok Shop and Noon where the integrations lag.
Is this the same team as Shaazford?
Shaazbook is the finance arm of Shaazford Global LLC. The ecommerce agency and the accounting team share a parent and, where you are a client of both, the same data.
Talk to us about ecommerce accounting.
Thirty minutes, no pitch deck. Tell us the entities and the countries, and we will tell you honestly what applies and what it costs.