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Monthly Adjustments for Amazon Deferred Transactions

Learn how A2X's month-end adjustments for Amazon Deferred Transactions work, and how to set it up.

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Written by Norrie Sheng
Updated this week

This feature is currently in beta.

Not to be confused with Deferred Revenue, Amazon Deferred Transactions refer to transactions which Amazon holds (”defers”) before releasing.

Amazon may defer transactions for various reasons, the most common being:

  • DD7 (Delivery-Date+7) policy:

  • B2B orders:

    • Business-to-business orders placed with payment terms can stay on hold while Amazon waits for the buyer’s payment.

Deferred Transactions and Settlement Reporting
Deferred transactions are not included in settlement reports until they’re released or paid out. Without adjustments, this can lead to sales, fees, and COGS being recorded in the wrong accounting period.

A2X Automatically Adjusts for Deferred Transactions

Key Benefits

  • Accurate accrual accounting – Revenue, fees, and COGS are recorded in the correct period.

  • No disruption to cash reconciliation – Settlement entries remain unchanged, so bank-feed matching continues as normal.

  • Full summary alignment – A2X’s Amazon Summary Report still matches Seller Central's Summary Report.

  • Audit-ready transparency – The detailed CSV includes every deferred and released transaction for full visibility.

How it works

  1. Regular settlements post as usual

  2. End-of-month adjustment (one per marketplace)

    • Deferred transactions are accrued – A2X recognises all transactions that were deferred during the month.

    • Released transactions are reversed – Any transaction that moved from deferred to released is reversed.

    • Matching COGS adjustments are included if you use COGS tracking in A2X.

    • Net impact posts to an asset account – You choose which account A2X uses.

    • Mapped just like settlements – Sales, tax, and other lines follow the same mapping rules you've already set.

    • Timing can vary slightly – Adjustments are created after settlement periods for the month have fully closed

Opening Balance Tip

  • A2X’s adjustments reflect monthly activity, not the total balance Amazon is holding at month-end.

  • If you'd like your chosen asset account to show what Amazon has reserved as of the end of the month, you'll need to manually set an opening balance in the first month A2X begins posting deferred transaction adjustments.

Example

Deferred & released transactions from May

Order

Status as at 31 May

Principal

Fee

Tax

A2X Action

111

Deferred in May, not yet released

100

–10

–20

Accrue via adjustment

222

Deferred in Apr, released 12 May

90

–9

–18

Reverse via adjustment

333

Sold & released same month

80

–8

–16

Net to 0 in adjustment

Deferred Transactions Adjustment for May

Line

Amount

Dr/Cr Account

Principal

10

Cr Sales

Fee

1

Dr Expenses

Tax

2

Cr Liability

Deferred Transactions

11

Dr Asset

Raw Data

Order

Line

Amount

Dr/Cr Account

111

Principal

100

Cr Sales

111

Fee

15

Dr Expenses

111

Tax

20

Cr Liability

222

Principal

90

Dr Sales

222

Fee

12

Cr Expenses

222

Tax

18

Dr Liability

333

Principal

80

Cr Sales

333

Fee

10

Dr Expenses

333

Tax

16

Cr Liability

333

Principal

80

Dr Sales

333

Fee

10

Cr Expenses

333

Tax

16

Dr Liability

Setting up Amazon Deferred Transactions adjustments

Enable the feature

  • Go to Settings → Amazon Deferred Transactions

  • Select Enable → Save

A2X will begin fetching deferred transactions and will generate adjusting entries starting with the last month onward (the first entries will generally appear within 3 days).

Map asset account(s) for deferred transactions

  • Go to Settings → Connections

  • For each marketplace, select an asset account

    • You can map each marketplace to its own account or use the same account for all marketplaces.

  • Click Save

View Deferred Transactions adjustments

Find Deferred Transactions adjustments under Postings > Deferred Transactions.

Auto-posting coming soon

  • For now, adjustments must be posted manually.

No extra mapping needed – In most cases, A2X uses your existing settlement mappings. The adjustment lines should look familiar and easy to review.

Understanding the CSV data file

Just like settlements, you can download the “raw” CSV file. This file is similar to the settlement report, with these additional columns:

transaction-status

Status

What they are

How A2X handles these

DEFERRED

This is a transaction which was posted as deferred during the period

These are being accrued by the adjustment

DEFERRED_RELEASED

This is still a deferred transaction, but Amazon had already posted the corresponding released transaction by the time we fetched the deferred transaction.

These are being accrued by the adjustment

RELEASED

in the context of deferred transactions, these refer to the “release” of a transaction which was deferred.

These are being reversed by the adjustment

deferral-reason

  • Typical options are DD7 or B2B

  • This is only populated for DEFERRED or DEFERRED_RELEASED transactions.

The COGS adjustment

The adjustment's COGS component is based on the same transactions which are included in the Sales and Fees posting.

  • It will post Cost of Goods Sold adjustments for transactions which were deferred during the period.

  • It will reverse Cost of Goods Sold adjustments for deferred transactions which were released during the period

  • Cost of Goods Sold for these adjustments is calculated based on the costs in A2X as of the time the adjustment was generated.

FAQ

Does this change my settlements?

No. Settlements remain exactly as Amazon sends them.

Will revenue double when cash arrives?

No. Reversals ensure each order hits the P&L once.

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