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Tactical guides for sellers wrestling with Amazon's payout reports.
Amazon settlement vs 1099-K: how to reconcile before tax season
Your Amazon 1099-K is gross, includes sales tax, and uses shipment date — so it almost never matches your books or your bank. Here's exactly why, and how to reconcile it with your settlement reports in about 30 minutes.
How to read your Amazon Seller Central settlement report (without losing your mind)
A line-by-line walkthrough of Amazon's Flat File V2 settlement report — what each column and amount-type means, why your settlement net and your bank deposit can differ, how Released vs Deferred works, and why sales tax isn't your revenue.
Released vs Deferred vs Account-Level Reserve: how to reconcile your 2026 Amazon payout
Your settlement shows thousands in sales but your bank got a fraction of it. Here's how to tell released cash from Amazon's 2026 deferred amounts and your account-level reserve — and how to read it straight off the settlement file.
A2X vs Sellerboard vs Link My Books vs Taxomate vs SettlementToExcel: an honest Amazon accounting tool comparison
A fair, unsponsored comparison of five Amazon Seller financial tools across price, setup, account access, and what they actually do. The right pick depends on whether you need real bookkeeping, a live dashboard, or just your settlement file in Excel.
Stop wrestling with Amazon's settlement file. Here's a 30-second fix.
If you've ever opened a Flat File V2 from Seller Central and felt your eyes glaze over, this is for you. SettlementToExcel turns that mess into a clean 3-tab dashboard.