Fee Audit

After the 2024 size-tier reshuffle, dimensional-tier misclassification became the single most common hidden fee leak. Sellers also miss referral fee credits on refunded orders. This skill audits the Payments report for these specific anomalies and writes the FBA fee-discrepancy case per finding. Fee overcharges are disputed through Seller Support FBA Fee Discrepancies, not SAFE-T. SAFE-T reimburses sellers on certain refund and return claims, it is not the channel for FBA fee errors.

When to use this

• FBA fees feel high and the seller does not know which line is wrong.
• A product is near a size-tier boundary.
• High refund rate and not sure the referral fee was credited back.
• Routine quarterly audit to catch silent fee creep.

The framework. The Five Fee Anomalies

Every Payments report contains one or more of these five patterns: