eBay's transaction report is the line-by-line record of your sales, refunds, fees and payouts — the file the splitter reads to reconcile a payout and break out the VAT. Here's exactly where it lives in Seller Hub and how to pull it.
Before you start
.csv fileGo to Seller Hub and open the Payments tab along the top. This is where every payout and its underlying transactions live.
In the left-hand menu of the Payments tab, select Reports. From here you can download your Transaction report, plus your financial statement and tax invoice.
In the download section, choose Transaction report. It lists each transaction with its date, order number, buyer, payout date and fees — the detail the splitter needs to reconcile a payout.
Choose the transaction type (leave it on all types for a full reconciliation) and set a start and end date. eBay allows up to 90 days per report, so for a full month, a month's range is fine.
Select Create report. eBay generates a CSV — download it when it's ready, then upload it to the settlement splitter. The splitter maps every eBay line type to the right ledger account and VAT rate and balances back to the payout.
FAQ
Use the Transaction report. It gives every line — sales, refunds, fees — which is what's needed to reconcile a payout and split the VAT. A payout summary only tells you the net figure.
eBay caps each report at 90 days. For longer periods, download several reports (for example one per month) and reconcile them in turn.
CSV. It opens in any spreadsheet, and the splitter reads it directly — no reformatting needed.
Financial statements are available for years, and monthly statements for at least a year, but it's still good practice to download and keep your own copies as each period closes.
The settlement splitter turns each transaction report into a clean, VAT-correct breakdown that balances to the payout. Ask us about it.
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