Amazon seller news · Fees
Announced by Amazon on 9 April 2026, for removal and disposal orders created from 1 May 2026. The price per unit hasn't changed — only when you pay it.
Last updated: 19 September 2026
In brief: Amazon used to charge the whole fee for a removal or disposal order once every unit in it had been processed. For orders created on or after 1 May 2026, it charges each unit's fee at the point that unit is actually processed. Fee rates are the same, no action is needed, and the charges can be seen shipment by shipment in the Transaction view.
| Orders before 1 May 2026 | Orders from 1 May 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| When you're charged | Once, when the whole order is complete | Unit by unit, as each is processed |
| Fee per unit | Standard rate | Same standard rate |
| Where it appears | One charge in one settlement | Several smaller charges, possibly across several settlements |
A large removal order can take weeks to work through. Its cost will now be spread over the settlements covering that time rather than landing in one. When you check what a clear-out cost, add up the charges across every settlement since the order was raised.
Charging as units are processed puts each cost in the period the work was done. That helps monthly management accounts: a big clear-out in March no longer shows up as a single hit whenever the last unit happens to be processed.
One large removal or disposal charge landing in a quiet fortnight is a common reason for a negative settlement. Smaller charges spread over time make that less likely.
Nothing changes about how the fees are recorded: they're still FBA fees. For UK sellers, removal and disposal fees have carried 20% UK VAT since Amazon's August 2024 billing change, reclaimable if you're VAT-registered.
No. If you track removal costs in a spreadsheet by order, allow for the charges arriving in pieces. The Transaction view in Seller Central shows the shipment-level charges if you need to match them to a specific order.
TrueBooks records every fee line in each settlement, however it's split, so the per-unit charges flow into your FBA fees account in Xero automatically and each settlement still matches the bank deposit. See the Amazon Xero integration.
Source: Amazon Seller Central announcement, 9 April 2026. TrueBooks is independent and not affiliated with Amazon. General information, not tax advice.
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