Tax Document Library definitions

Sales tax report

Sales tax reports detail buyer-paid sales tax amounts shown in your order details, payments and financial reports in Seller Central.

Itemized tax rates, totals, liability and other information used to calculate the total tax amounts are shown at a jurisdictional level in the reports. Customer tax invoices and credit notes are also available for download.

Sales tax report types

• Combined sales tax calculation report: This report reflects tax calculation details that used your tax calculation settings (if any) and applicable marketplace tax collection rules. Tax and regulatory fees in this report include amounts calculated, collected and remitted by Amazon. Use the sales tax calculation report for taxes paid to you. Do not use this report to remit sales tax.
• Sales tax calculation report: This report reflects tax calculation details that used your tax calculation settings (if any). Tax totals in this report are paid to you with your order earnings, for you to remit to the appropriate tax authority.
• Marketplace tax collection report: This report is for information only, reflecting taxes calculated, collected and remitted by Amazon for orders destined for a marketplace tax collection jurisdiction. Do not use this report to remit sales tax.
• Optional customer tax invoices and credit notes: When you select "I want to download tax invoices with this report," applicable tax invoices and credit notes that applied to the transaction will also be generated and available to download in bulk.
  Note: When selected, your report generation will be restricted to a seven-day range.

To create a sales tax report:

1. Click Payments and select Tax Document Library.
2. Under Sales Tax Reports, click Generate a tax report.
3. In the Generate sales tax report pop-up window, select:
   • If you want to include invoicing
   • The reporting range, either by Month or Custom dates
   Note: For invoicing, only seven-day ranges at a time will be available.
4. Click Generate. Your report will be available under Sales tax reports.

Updates to the sales tax reports

• Calculation details and order information from the primary order line have been moved to all secondary jurisdiction lines, supporting combined tax collection model assignments by jurisdiction and offering improved report filtering options.
  • Information that has been moved into the secondary lines previously left blank will apply to all columns except total amounts in the “total_tax” and “total_tax_collected_by_Amazon” columns, which will remain on the primary line.
• The Tax_Collection_Model column will reflect “Amazon” or “Seller” for each jurisdiction, instead of a single designation on the primary line.
  • This change supports the identification of combined Tax Calculation Service (TCS) and Marketplace Tax Collection (MTC) calculations.
• New column “Tax_Category” will reflect “Tax” or “Regulatory Fee.”
  • “Regulatory Fee” is specific to US orders at this time. For more information, go to the US Marketplace tax collection FAQ.
• Removed unused column “Rule_Reason_Code.”

Report descriptions