Overview

Amazon has added a new Deferred Transaction report to the Payments section of Seller Central, giving sellers a single place to see every payment that is being held back from a payout. The report went live in early 2024 and supplies item‑level data on the amount, taxes, and fees tied to each deferred order. Sellers who need precise cash‑flow visibility can now reconcile these holds without opening multiple support tickets.

Key Points

• Report launch date — Available to all sellers as of March 1 2024, accessible through the date‑range reports menu in the Payments dashboard.
• Granular data fields — Each line in the CSV shows the original order amount, the tax portion, and any Amazon fees that are part of the hold, allowing accountants to match the report to ledger entries.
• Automatic removal — When a deferred payment clears, its status changes to “released” and the line disappears from the Deferred Transaction report, preventing stale data from cluttering future downloads.
• Self‑service advantage — The tool eliminates the need to contact Seller Support for hold explanations; sellers can download the file and see the reason for each deferment directly in the transaction view.
• Programmatic use — Large‑scale sellers can script CSV imports into ERP or accounting platforms, cutting reconciliation time by up to 30 % according to internal Amazon testing.
• Cash‑flow forecasting — By tracking the total deferred balance over consecutive weeks, sellers can spot trends—such as a spike in chargebacks for a specific SKU—and adjust inventory purchases or ad spend accordingly.

How the Deferred Transaction Report Works

1. Generate the report — In Seller Central, go to Payments → Date Range Reports, click Create New Report, and select Deferred Transaction as the report type. For example, a seller with a $25,000 weekly sales volume might choose the previous seven days to see all holds that affect that week’s payout.
2. — After the system processes the request (usually within a few minutes), a button appears. Clicking it saves a file named . The file contains columns such as , , , and , each populated for every transaction still on hold at the moment of the request.