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Automatic, or by hand

Automatic · recommended

Connect the Amazon API

Authorise Amazon's Selling Partner API once and the splitter pulls every settlement for you — nothing to download, and no scramble to save each file before Amazon drops it at 90 days.

Set up API access →

Manual

Download it yourself

Rather keep it hands-on, or just need one file this once? Grab the Flat File V2 straight from Seller Central in three short steps — that's the rest of this guide.

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Which should I use? If you reconcile every month, the API route saves the most time and never misses a period. The manual download is perfect for a one-off, a spot check, or if you'd simply rather not connect anything.

Before you start

What you need (manual download)

To download the report

Your Amazon Seller Central login
A seller account that has received at least one disbursement

Two minutes — the file is ready to download once a period settles
Somewhere to save a .txt file (it's tab-delimited)

⚠ Reports are only kept for 90 days. Amazon makes settlement reports available for the last 90 days only. If you reconcile monthly, download each one promptly — once a settlement drops off the list, it can't be re-generated. Keep your own copies. (Connect the API and this stops being your problem — it pulls each one as it closes.)

Open Payments in Seller Central

Log in to Amazon Seller Central. In the menu, open Reports › Payments (on some accounts the Payments link sits directly in the main menu). The Payments dashboard opens on the Statement View tab.

Selling in more than one country? Each Amazon marketplace settles separately, so switch to the right marketplace first — you'll download one report per marketplace (for example UK and each EU store).

Open the All Statements tab

Along the top of the Payments dashboard you'll see a row of tabs — Statement View, Transaction View, All Statements, Disbursements and more. Open All Statements. Each row is one settlement period, with the amount Amazon paid out for it.

Amazon Seller Central Payments dashboard with the All Statements tab highlighted — From the Payments dashboard, open the **All Statements** tab (arrowed).

Download Flat File V2

Find the settlement period you want to reconcile and click Download Flat File V2 on that row. This is the format the splitter reads — and the one Amazon itself now recommends.

Only V2. Amazon retired the old “flat file” and “XML” settlement formats in 2022. If a dropdown offers a plain “Flat File” or “XML” option, ignore it — you want Flat File V2, which downloads as a tab-delimited .txt.

The top row isn't ready yet? The current, open period shows “Available after settlement close” instead of a download button — that's normal. It becomes downloadable once the period settles and Amazon disburses it.

Now load it in

From file to reconciled payout

Save the .txt somewhere you'll find it, then upload it to the settlement splitter. It decodes every line — sales, refunds, FBA and referral fees, and VAT — and produces a reconciled breakdown ready for Xero (or any tool that takes the same split). It balances back to the exact disbursement amount.

Doing this every month? Skip the download entirely — connect the Amazon API once and each settlement lands in the splitter automatically as it closes.

FAQ

Amazon settlement report questions

Do I have to download these by hand every time?

No. Connect Amazon's Selling Partner API once and the splitter pulls each settlement automatically as it closes — no downloads, no 90-day deadline to beat. See Set up API access. The manual download here is the alternative if you'd rather not connect anything.

Which format do I need — there are several?

Flat File V2. It's tab-delimited, downloads as a .txt, and carries the full financial detail for the period. The old V1 flat file and XML formats were discontinued in 2022.

How far back can I go?

90 days. Amazon only keeps settlement reports available for the last three months, so download and archive each one as it closes — or connect the API, which captures them for you.

I sell on several Amazon marketplaces — one file or many?

Each marketplace settles separately, so you'll download a report per marketplace (for example UK and the EU stores). The splitter handles each one, including non-GBP settlements.

What's the difference between this and the Transaction view?

Transaction View and date-range reports summarise activity for dates you choose; a settlement statement matches an actual payout. To reconcile a disbursement to your bank, you want the settlement statement — Flat File V2.

Getting your Amazon settlement report