Amazon reports for your taxes: which one you need

For VAT you mainly need one Amazon report: the Amazon VAT Transactions Report (AVTR). The other reports, such as All Orders or the payments report, sort by other dates and answer other questions. This page shows what each report is for.

Last updated: October 26, 2026

In brief

VAT and OSS: the Amazon VAT Transactions Report (AVTR).
Cash flow and EÜR: the payments (settlement) report and your bank statement.
Input VAT on fees: the fee invoice in the tax documents.

Which Amazon reports are there?

These are the kinds of report Amazon names on the help pages we checked. The list is not a complete overview of all reports in Seller Central.

Report	Date it sorts by	What it is for	Article
Amazon VAT Transactions Report (AVTR)	Completion date of the transaction; for sales the shipping date	Taxable transactions for VAT	Download, Columns
All Orders	Order date	Order list
Payment event reports (settlement report)	Posting date of the event (GMT)	Money movements between Amazon and you	Settlement report explained
Tax documents	(no report date, single documents)	Single fee invoices	Deduct fees

The difference is mostly the date: an order placed January 31 and shipped February 1 sits in January in All Orders and in February in the AVTR.

Which report do I need for what?

Task	Report	Why
VAT return	AVTR	Shows taxable sales by country and tax scheme. More: VAT return from the Amazon VAT report
OSS return	AVTR	Rows with UNION-OSS belong in the OSS return. More: Amazon OSS for sellers
EÜR	Settlement report, bank statement, invoices	Income counts in the year it is received, expenses in the year they are paid (section 11 EStG); regularly recurring income and expenses paid shortly before or after the turn of the year count in the year they economically belong to (section 11 (1) sentence 2, (2) sentence 2 EStG). More: Income surplus statement (EÜR)
Input VAT on fees	Fee invoice from the tax documents	To deduct the VAT Amazon charges you, you need an invoice (section 15 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 UStG); if you owe the VAT on the fee yourself (reverse charge, section 13b UStG), you deduct it under section 15 (1) sentence 1 no. 4 UStG.
Matching a payout	Settlement report	Shows which fees were deducted.

The column TAX_REPORTING_SCHEME shows which AVTR row belongs in which return. For a row-by-row walk through the file, see Reading the Amazon VAT report CSV.

Which report does VAT GPT read?

For Amazon, VAT GPT reads the Amazon VAT Transactions Report as CSV. You do not need to upload the settlement report or All Orders; the sales figures for tax come from the AVTR. For eBay, VAT GPT reads the order list; see eBay report columns explained for your taxes.

How VAT GPT helps

You upload the AVTR as CSV. VAT GPT assigns each sales row to a tax scheme and country and shows you the totals for Germany and the EU countries (OSS). You check and confirm; with VAT GPT Pro you send the VAT return and the OSS return onward. There is Free, Go (30 days free with all Pro features) and Pro (€49 per month or €444 per year, including VAT). Try for free now

Frequently asked questions

Is one report enough for all taxes? For VAT and OSS the AVTR is enough. For the EÜR, payments and invoices come in too.

Why do All Orders and the AVTR not match? They sort by different dates: order date versus shipping date.

Where are fee invoices? According to Amazon, single fee invoices remain available in the tax documents.