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:
- Amazon keeps the money until seven days after the shipment is marked delivered (to cover potential refunds, A-to-Z claims, charge-backs, etc.)
- More information from Amazon on deliver-date based reserve policies.
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

Regular settlements post as usual
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.

Monthly Adjustments for Amazon Deferred Transactions