Overview

Amazon's Payments Reports Repository is a centralized hub within Seller Central where sellers can access, generate, and manage all payment-related reports. This tool provides detailed visibility into transactions, income, expenses, taxes, and transfers, making it essential for bookkeeping, tax preparation, and financial planning.

Key Points / What Sellers Need to Know

• Centralized report access — All payment-related reports live in one place within Seller Central, eliminating the need to navigate multiple pages to find financial data.
• Custom date ranges — Sellers can generate reports for any time period they choose, whether that's a single day, a week, a month, or a custom range.
• Tagging system — Reports can be tagged with custom labels, making it easy to organize and search for specific reports later.
• Scheduled reports — Sellers can set up reports to generate automatically on a future date, saving time on recurring financial reviews.
• Two report views — Reports are available as either a detailed transaction list or a summary view covering income, expenses, taxes, and transfers.

How to Generate and Download Reports

To get started, navigate to the Payments Reports Repository in Seller Central and request a new report. You'll select your desired date range and report type — either a detailed transaction breakdown or a summary view. Once submitted, the report will appear in the main table with an "In progress" status while it generates. You can click the refresh option next to the status to check whether the report is ready for download. Reports covering past dates can take up to three hours to generate, so plan accordingly if you need data for a specific deadline.

If you select an end date that falls in the future, the system will automatically schedule the report to generate 24 hours after that end date. Scheduled reports will display a distinct status in the table so you can easily distinguish them from completed or in-progress reports.

Managing Scheduled Reports

The scheduling feature is particularly useful for sellers who need regular financial snapshots without having to manually request them each time. Once a report is scheduled, you can modify the parameters by clicking the edit option associated with that report. If you no longer need a scheduled report, you can cancel it by selecting the drop-down arrow next to the edit button and choosing the cancel option. This flexibility allows sellers to adjust their reporting cadence as their business needs change without cluttering their report queue with outdated requests.