Team setting to exclude MCF (Multi-Channel Fulfillment) expenses from P&L and the Expenses page

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For teams that use Amazon MCF (Multi-Channel Fulfillment), we have added a team setting that excludes MCF-related expenses from P&L (operating profit and total cost) and from the "Other Expenses" column on the Expenses page, all at once. The default is set to exclude.

Team setting to exclude MCF expenses from P&L and the Expenses page (excluded by default)

MCF (fulfilling orders from non-Amazon sales channels using your FBA inventory) generates MCF-related fees such as outbound handling charges. These fees are imported via SP-API and, until now, were counted as "Other Expenses" on your P&L.

However, the sales and cost of the MCF orders themselves are not yet imported into LISMOA. This produced a state where only the expense was recorded with no matching sales or cost, making your P&L (operating profit) look worse than it actually is.

To resolve this distortion by default, we added an option to exclude MCF-related expenses from P&L and the Expenses page in your Team settings.

• Location: the "MCF expense handling" setting in Team settings
• Exclude from expenses (recommended, default): excludes MCF-related expenses from the "Other Expenses" column and from P&L aggregation
• Include in expenses: shows MCF-related expenses in the "Other Expenses" column and counts them in operating profit and total cost on P&L

Where the exclusion applies

When "Exclude from expenses" is selected, MCF-related expenses are excluded from:

• the Expenses page list, counts, summary, CSV, and filter options
• the "Other Expenses" column on every page
• the P&L order-unrelated costs and total cost columns (and therefore operating profit)

Switching the setting

Teams that want to keep counting MCF expenses on P&L can switch the setting to "Include in expenses" to restore the previous behavior. Changing the setting automatically recalculates past data (this may take some time to reflect).

Please note (past-month operating profit changes)

Because the default is "Exclude from expenses", teams that use MCF will see past-month "Other Expenses" decrease and operating profit improve. This is the intended behavior: it removes the distortion where only expenses were recorded while MCF sales and cost were not yet imported. If you prefer to keep counting MCF expenses as before, switch to "Include in expenses" in your Team settings.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our support team. Thank you for choosing LISMOA.