Accounting Built for E-commerce Brands
Multi-channel sales, inventory in three systems, and a 1099-K that never matches your bank. We give DTC and marketplace brands books that reconcile and taxes filed right.
- Multi-channel revenue reconciliation
- Inventory & COGS accounting
- Sales-tax nexus & filings
- Tax filing by a CPA & EA
E-commerce accounting fails in a specific way: gross payouts booked as revenue, inventory guessed at year end, and sales tax discovered after it's owed. Here's what done-right looks like.
Revenue that reconciles to reality
Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop and wholesale each report differently. We book gross sales, refunds, fees and reserves separately per channel — so your P&L matches your 1099-Ks and your bank, line by line.
- Channel-level revenue and fee tracking
- Payout reconciliation against processor statements
- Refunds and chargebacks handled as what they are
Inventory and COGS — where e-commerce returns go wrong
Profit is meaningless until cost of goods sold is right. We maintain landed-cost inventory accounting — product, freight, duties, prep — so margins are real and the tax return survives scrutiny.
Sales tax across every state you sell into
Marketplace facilitator laws cover part of it; your own site's sales are on you. We run the nexus study, register where triggered, and keep the filing calendar. Start with our nexus checker.
The structure question
Growing brands eventually face the S-corp election, and foreign-owned stores face Form 5472 from day one. We handle both sides — and tell you honestly when an election isn't worth it yet.
FAQ
Can you take over books mid-year?
Yes — a diagnostic review, a cleanup of the year to date, then monthly service. Mid-year handovers are routine for us.
Do you work with foreign-owned stores?
Daily. Formation, 5472/1120 filings, treaty positions and sales tax for non-resident owners are core work here.
Which platforms do you support?
Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, Etsy, TikTok Shop and wholesale — reconciled in QuickBooks or Xero with inventory integrations.
Books that match your payouts
Channel reconciliation, real COGS and every sales-tax filing on time — one flat monthly plan.
How we file taxes for e-commerce brands
Filing for this industry has its own forms, dates and deductions. Here's exactly what a e-commerce brand return involves when we prepare it.
The forms
Schedule C, 1065 or 1120-S depending on structure; multi-channel 1099-K reconciliation (Shopify Payments, PayPal, Stripe); inventory/COGS schedules; state sales-tax returns per registration; 5472 for foreign owners.
The deadlines
Entity returns March 15, individual/C-corp April 15; sales-tax filings monthly or quarterly per state; 1099-NEC to contractors by January 31. Full calendar on our 2026 deadlines page.
The deductions that matter here
Landed-cost inventory, merchant processing fees, shipping supplies and postage, ad spend and creative costs, apps and subscriptions, product photography, packaging design.
Filing FAQ
We sell on Shopify, Amazon and TikTok. Is that one return or three?
One income tax return — but three revenue streams that must each reconcile to their own 1099-K and fee reports. Channel-level bookkeeping is what makes filing painless.
Can I deduct inventory when I buy it?
Generally no — inventory is deducted as COGS when sold. Small-business accounting-method elections can simplify this, which is a filing-time decision worth making deliberately.