Bookkeeping for
Stores on
Shopify.
Your Shopify sales report and your bank never agree. Fees, refunds and chargebacks come out of each payout, Shopify Capital takes its share, sales tax and shipping ride along, and payouts land days after the orders. We tie every payout back to its orders in QuickBooks Online, usually through A2X.
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Built for Every Kind
of Shopify Store
One store or several, made to order or a warehouse full of stock, the books have to show what Shopify says you sold, what reached the bank and what each order really cost.
Single Shopify Stores
One store, Shopify Payments plus PayPal, and an owner doing everything. We connect A2X, map the accounts once and match every payout to the bank each month.
- Each payout split into sales, fees and refunds
- Shipping income kept apart from products
- Discounts and refunds recorded
- PayPal and other gateways matched
- Sales tax kept out of revenue
- App and subscription costs categorized
Product Brands with Inventory
Stock you buy ahead, freight in and a margin you need to watch. We book cost of goods sold from your product costs, so gross margin reflects what you actually sold that month.
- Cost of goods sold every month
- Inventory purchases and freight tracked
- Gross margin by month
- Supplier bills and deposits recorded
- Inventory loans and Capital tracked
Multiple Stores and Channels
Several Shopify stores, or Shopify alongside Amazon, Etsy or a retail counter. We keep each store and channel on its own lines so you can see which one actually makes money.
- P&L by store or channel
- Each store's payouts matched separately
- Amazon and Etsy settlements through A2X
- Retail POS sales recorded
- One consolidated report each month
The Financial Headaches
We Fix
Shopify gives you detailed order data, but your bank only sees net payouts. These are the places Shopify store books usually break.
Payouts booked as the day's sales
When each payout is recorded as revenue, fees, refunds and chargebacks disappear. Sales come in lower than Shopify says, processing costs never show up as an expense, and the books stop matching your sales reports.
Payouts landing in the wrong month
Payouts run on a schedule and can arrive several business days after the orders, sometimes more than one a day. If the books follow the bank, late-month sales slide into the next month and both months are wrong.
Sales tax counted as income
The sales tax you collect rides inside every payout but belongs to the states. Booked as sales, it inflates revenue and leaves no clear record of what you owe each state when returns are due.
Shopify Capital hiding inside the payouts
Shopify Capital is repaid as a share of your sales, withheld from your payouts. If nobody records it, deposits look short for no reason and the balance never comes down on your balance sheet.
Every Month
Everything You Need,
Nothing You Don't
Shopify bookkeeping is mostly working back from each payout to the orders behind it. We work in QuickBooks Online from Shopify's payout and sales data through A2X, plus your bank and card feeds. You add us to your store as a staff or collaborator account.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Every account reconciled, every transaction categorized, every month. You get a clean P&L and balance sheet you can read and use to make decisions.
See Full Details →Financial Reporting
A monthly P&L with product sales, shipping, discounts, refunds, fees and cost of goods sold on their own lines, plus a balance sheet showing sales tax owed, gift cards and inventory.
See Full Details →Bank Reconciliation
Every business account and credit card matched and verified each month. No mystery charges. No unresolved transactions. No surprises.
See Full Details →Accounts Payable & Receivable
AP covers suppliers, freight, apps and ad spend, from your inbox or a bill pay tool. AR is usually wholesale orders and marketplace or gateway payouts still on their way.
See Full Details →Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Months or years behind? We clean it all up before monthly service starts, at a flat price per month behind that we quote up front.
See Full Details →Payroll Support
Employee payroll runs through Gusto, which files the payroll taxes and W-2s. We reconcile every run to the books and keep contractor payments separate for 1099s.
See Full Details →"Extremely professional and efficient helping with our wholesale and retail bookkeeping needs."
Shopify Stores
FAQ
Questions we hear from Shopify Stores before they sign on with Tides.
Based in Greenville, SC —
Serving Clients Nationwide
100% remote bookkeeping for small businesses across South Carolina and throughout the United States.
Beyond Shopify Stores,
We Serve All These Businesses
Tides Bookkeeping specializes in bookkeeping across 12 distinct industries. Industry-specific expertise means fewer errors, better categorization, and a bookkeeper who already understands how your business makes money.
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✔ Reviewed by Daniel Cope, Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor · Updated August 2026