Guides

Practical notes on ecommerce bookkeeping, written from the month-end work we do for our clients.

How to record Shopify sales in your books

Why the payout never matches your sales, and a booking method that keeps the clearing account at zero.Read the guide

Accounting for Amazon settlement reports

Sales, fees, reserves and reimbursements, and what to do when a settlement crosses month end.Read the guide

Reconciling PayPal in your accounts

Treat PayPal as a bank account, one balance per currency, and reconcile it like one.Read the guide

Reconciling Stripe payouts and balances

Payouts, fees, disputes and currencies, plus what changes for subscription businesses.Read the guide

What A2X does for ecommerce bookkeeping

One summarized entry per payout that matches the bank to the cent, and the limits worth knowing.Read the guide