Industry ยท E-commerce

Turn platform activity and payouts into explainable books.

Reconcile orders, refunds, fees, reserves, sales tax, inventory, and bank deposits across the platforms that run the business.

Industry workflow

Platforms report activity differently from accounting.

Sales, payouts, fees, reserves, refunds, taxes, and inventory movements occur on different timelines.

Collect channel reports

Gather Shopify, Amazon, Stripe, payment processor, inventory, and bank data.

Normalize transactions

Separate orders, discounts, refunds, taxes, shipping, fees, and chargebacks.

Bridge payouts to bank

Explain each net deposit using the underlying platform activity.

Review inventory effects

Identify cost, timing, and adjustment items that need accounting judgment.

Prepare channel-aware entries

Book approved results with source support retained.

Industry controls

The bookkeeping details that matter in this operating model.

01

Platform normalization

Translate channel-specific reports into consistent accounting categories.

02

Payout reconciliation

Connect gross transactions to the actual bank settlement.

03

Refunds and chargebacks

Distinguish timing, fees, and customer adjustments.

04

Inventory context

Surface purchase, fulfillment, and stock adjustments for review.

05

Sales tax evidence

Retain jurisdictional source details for future review.

06

Channel profitability

Prepare cleaner inputs for margin and channel analysis.

Expected outcome

Know what happened between the order and the deposit.

The close becomes easier to review because platform activity, fees, and settlement timing are visible instead of compressed into net cash.

See how Simple Tax AI can fit your e-commerce workflow.

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