What are common "Chart of Accounts" accounts for selling products through Amazon?

Lou D · ‎January 28, 2019

Rustler · ‎January 29, 2019

Amazon has nothing to do with the chart of accounts

you have income account(s)

and expense accounts

the items you sell determine which accounts are posted to.

Coluccio · ‎January 31, 2019

Lou, Chart of accounts can vary quite a lot depending on the owner's needs and preferences. If you want to get a good idea of the accounts that could be used, look for an example of a settlement statement from Amazon. It will give you a good idea of some of the accounts you may want to set up.

Anonymous · ‎January 31, 2019

Also recommend doing sub-accounts so you can consolidate broader totals quickly. They give you more flexibility when running reports because you can easily separate data (if you need to).

Example:

Income (general)

Income Widget a
Income Widget b
Income Widget c
- (in the future as you grow, you can create subs of subs as well!)

Rustler · ‎January 31, 2019

@Anonymous

@Anonymous wrote:

Also recommend doing sub-accounts so you can consolidate broader totals quickly. They give you more flexibility when running reports because you can easily separate data (if you need to).

Example:

Income (general)

Income Widget a

Income Widget b

Income Widget c

(in the future as you grow, you can create subs of subs as well!)

You can certainly do it that way, of course it does make your chart of accounts really long, even if the company only sells 20 or 30 items

But why not just put all sales income in one account, and use the reporting functions built in to QB, sales by customer, sales by item, etc

Anonymous · ‎January 31, 2019

@Rustler, good point, but if @Lou D plans ahead and structures his accounts in a way that anticipates growth (or the need for detailed reporting), it will be much easier to stay organized down the road.

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What are common "Chart of Accounts" accounts for selling products through Amazon?