Download the Amazon VAT report (AVTR) in Seller Central, step by step

The report you need is the Amazon VAT Transactions Report, AVTR for short. In the German Seller Central it sits under Reports, Fulfilment by Amazon, in the Tax section. You pick up to 93 consecutive days, request the CSV and download it. The report for a month is ready from the 3rd of the following month.

Last updated: October 26, 2026

In brief

Which report: the Amazon VAT Transactions Report (AVTR), not the payments report.
Period: at most 93 consecutive days per report; for longer spans, run several reports one after another.
When: from the 3rd of the next month, so September data is there from October 3.

Where do I click in Seller Central?

This is the path Amazon gives on its German help page for the AVTR (menu names as they appear in the German interface):

Sign in to Seller Central.
Go to Berichte (Reports), then Versand durch Amazon (Fulfilment by Amazon).
Scroll to the section Steuern (Tax) in the left menu.
Click Amazon Umsatzsteuer-Transaktionsbericht (the Amazon VAT Transactions Report).
Choose your date range (at most 93 consecutive days).
Click Request .csv Download. Amazon also offers Request .txt Download.
Wait until the report is generated, then download it.

Amazon changes menu names from time to time. If you cannot find an item, the help page inside your own Seller Central account applies. Pick the CSV: VAT GPT reads CSV files.

Which period can I request?

Amazon lets you create reports for any period from August 2016, with a maximum of 93 consecutive days per report. A quarter has at most 92 days, so one report can cover a whole quarter. If you need more than 93 days, create several reports for consecutive periods and make sure they do not overlap.

When data is available depends on the report month. Amazon gives these examples:

Transactions from	Report available from
December 2025	January 3, 2026
January 2026	February 3, 2026
February 2026	March 3, 2026

According to Amazon, some accounts are testing a beta that lets you pull data within the current month, up to three days before today. Seller Central shows whether your account is part of it.

Which marketplaces does it cover?

Amazon lists ten marketplace sites whose sellers can download the report: amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.it, amazon.es, amazon.nl, amazon.pl, amazon.se, amazon.com.be and amazon.ie.

If you sell on several of these, open the report in the Seller Central login you manage them from and check in the file that the countries you shipped to appear. If you run several separate logins, download the report for each one. VAT GPT accepts several CSV files in one upload. A file you have already uploaded is rejected as a duplicate.

What can go wrong?

Wrong period. Amazon lists, among the reasons for a failed download, an end date in the current month or a range longer than 93 days. Choose an end date in the previous month or earlier and no more than 93 days.

The report is not there yet. Before the 3rd of the following month the month is not available. Waiting until the 3rd still leaves time before the deadlines: the OSS return for the third quarter is due by October 31 (section 18j (4) UStG), and September data has been there since October 3.

A different report. Amazon has many reports with similar names. The payments report shows money movements and is built on another date, the posting date of the event. For VAT you use the AVTR. The All Orders report sorts by order date and can therefore differ from your AVTR: an order placed on January 31 and shipped on February 1 appears in the All Orders report for January but in the AVTR for February.

Empty tax columns. If the VAT columns are empty, Amazon recommends activating the VAT Calculation Service. It does not fill the fields for past data. More: Amazon VAT Calculation Service (VCS) explained.

No data. If Amazon says "Keine Daten verfügbar" (no data available), there were no transactions the AVTR covers in the chosen period.

What do I do with the file?

The AVTR numbers are the basis for your returns: rows with UNION-OSS go into the OSS return, your sales taxable in Germany into the VAT return. The column TAX_REPORTING_SCHEME shows which row belongs where. The steps are here:

How VAT GPT helps

You upload the downloaded CSV to VAT GPT, together with your eBay report if you like. VAT GPT recognises from the header that it is an Amazon report, sorts every sales row by TAX_REPORTING_SCHEME and country, and shows you the totals for Germany and the EU countries (OSS). You check and confirm. With VAT GPT Pro you then send the returns through ELSTER or to the BZSt. 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

What is the Amazon VAT report called? Amazon VAT Transactions Report, AVTR for short (German: Amazon Umsatzsteuer-Transaktionsbericht).

How long can the period be? At most 93 consecutive days per report.

Why can I not see the report for the current month? It is available from the third day of the following month. A beta for some accounts allows pulls within the current month.

CSV or TXT? For VAT GPT, the CSV.

Can Amazon send the report to my tax adviser? Not directly, according to Amazon, for data protection and security reasons. You pass the file on yourself.