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For EU marketplace sellers and their bookkeepers

One payout, one booking, matching the bank to the cent

Payout Ledger reads settlement reports from Amazon, Etsy, eBay and TikTok Shop and posts each payout into your accounting system as a single reconciled entry: sales by country and VAT rate, refunds, marketplace fees, advertising, reserves. It is native to the systems European sellers actually use, starting with lexoffice, sevDesk and DATEV.

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  • Every posting equals the amount that landed in the bank, so bank matching is one click
  • Sales are split by destination country and VAT rate, with a quarterly summary ready for your OSS return
  • Marketplace fees are posted with the correct reverse-charge treatment where the marketplace invoices from another EU country
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Why now

The payout tools speak Xero and QuickBooks; your accountant speaks DATEV

A marketplace payout is not revenue. It is two weeks of sales, minus refunds, minus a dozen fee types, minus advertising, minus a reserve, plus a release of last period's reserve, with VAT collected at different rates in different countries. The deposit in the bank is the only number that is simple. Booking it as revenue overstates sales and understates fees, and the VAT by country never gets done properly.

There are good tools for this problem, but they were built for the English-speaking market. The two leaders post into Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite and Sage, and nothing else. A German seller on lexoffice or sevDesk, whose Steuerberater wants DATEV, is told to switch accounting systems or do it in a spreadsheet.

The result is month-end spreadsheets, bookkeeper hours billed to untangle settlements, OSS returns built from marketplace exports by hand, and a bank account that never reconciles. The pain is recurring, and it grows with every new marketplace.

  • A2X posts marketplace payouts only into Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite and Sage; Link My Books supports only Xero and QuickBooks. Source: a2xaccounting.com
  • Payout reconciliation across Amazon, Shopify and TikTok Shop deposits is described by e-commerce accountants as a live, widespread bookkeeping problem in 2026. Source: ecomcpa.com

Without it

  • A2X: The category leader, from about $29 a month, with deep marketplace coverage. It posts only into Xero, QuickBooks,…
  • Link My Books: From about $21 a month and well regarded by UK sellers. Xero and QuickBooks only.
  • Connectors in the lexoffice or sevDesk marketplaces: Some single-marketplace connectors exist, mostly for Amazon. Compare on multi-marketplace support, OSS detail, reserve…

With Payout Ledger

  • Every posting equals the amount that landed in the bank, so bank matching is one click
  • Sales are split by destination country and VAT rate, with a quarterly summary ready for your OSS return
  • Marketplace fees are posted with the correct reverse-charge treatment where the marketplace invoices from another EU country
  • Payout breakdown
  • VAT and OSS split
How it works

How it works

  1. 1

    Connect marketplaces

    Authorise Payout Ledger in Seller Central, Etsy, eBay or TikTok Shop. We pull settlement reports going back up to 24 months, so you can catch up on past periods.

  2. 2

    Connect your accounting system

    Connect lexoffice or sevDesk, or set up the DATEV export for your Steuerberater. Choose SKR03 or SKR04 and review the default account mapping; most sellers change two or three lines.

  3. 3

    Review the first payouts

    Each payout is shown as a breakdown: sales by country and rate, refunds, fee types, advertising, reserves, and the bank total. You approve the first few; after that, posting can run automatically.

  4. 4

    Match the bank

    The posted amount equals the deposit, so your accounting system's bank matching finds it immediately. At quarter end, download the OSS summary by country.

What it does

Features

Payout breakdown

Each settlement is broken into sales, refunds, shipping charged, promotions, marketplace fees by type, advertising, reserves held and released, and adjustments. Every line traces back to the settlement report rows it came from.

VAT and OSS split

Sales are grouped by destination country and VAT rate. Supplies where the marketplace collects VAT as deemed supplier are separated from your own. A quarterly OSS summary by country is one download.

Native posting

Posts into lexoffice and sevDesk as vouchers against your SKR03 or SKR04 accounts, or produces a DATEV booking batch (Buchungsstapel) your Steuerberater can import directly.

Fee treatment

Marketplace fees invoiced from another EU country are posted as reverse-charge services so they appear correctly in your advance VAT return. Fee invoices from the marketplace are matched to the deductions in the settlement.

Bank-exact totals

The posting total always equals the payout. Rounding and currency differences are posted to a dedicated account rather than hidden, so the books match the bank to the cent.

Historical backfill

Import up to 24 months of past settlements to fix prior periods, with a per-month summary so your bookkeeper can see the effect before anything is posted.

Bookkeeper access

Give your Steuerberater or bookkeeper read access to breakdowns and exports, or manage several clients from one login.

A look inside

A look inside

What you see day to day: the working view and the monthly summary.

The working viewConnect lexoffice or sevDesk, or set up the DATEV export for your Steuerberater. Choose SKR03 or SKR04 and review the default account…
Your monthly summaryWe onboard new accounts within 2 business days. We review your first payouts with you and confirm the account mapping with your…
Built for

Who it's for

German sellers on lexoffice or sevDesk

You sell on Amazon.de and perhaps Etsy or eBay, and your bookkeeping lives in lexoffice or sevDesk. You get payouts posted natively without changing systems.

Sellers whose Steuerberater uses DATEV

Your accountant wants a DATEV import, not a login to a Xero clone. You get a clean booking batch per month.

Pan-EU sellers using OSS

You ship to several EU countries and file an OSS return. You get sales by country and rate every quarter without rebuilding it from marketplace exports.

E-commerce bookkeepers

You look after several sellers. You get consistent postings across clients and a per-client view of what has been posted and what is waiting.

Works with

Plans

Pricing

Billed monthly, cancel any time. Founding customer pricing is fixed for 24 months. All plans include payout breakdowns, bank-exact posting, the OSS summary and CSV export. Prices exclude VAT.

Starter

€19 per month

One marketplace, one accounting system

  • 1 marketplace connection
  • lexoffice, sevDesk or DATEV export
  • Up to 10 payouts per month
  • VAT split by country and rate
  • 12 months of backfill
  • Email support
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Seller

€39 per month

Several marketplaces, OSS reporting

  • Up to 4 marketplace connections
  • Unlimited payouts
  • Quarterly OSS summary by country
  • Reverse-charge fee handling
  • 24 months of backfill
  • Bookkeeper read access
  • Everything in Starter
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Bookkeeper

€89 per month

Bookkeepers managing several sellers

  • Up to 5 seller accounts included, then €15 each
  • Multi-client dashboard
  • Shared account mappings across clients
  • Monthly DATEV batch per client
  • Priority support
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Compared with the alternatives

A2X
The category leader, from about $29 a month, with deep marketplace coverage. It posts only into Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite and Sage, so it suits sellers already on one of those.
Link My Books
From about $21 a month and well regarded by UK sellers. Xero and QuickBooks only.
Connectors in the lexoffice or sevDesk marketplaces
Some single-marketplace connectors exist, mostly for Amazon. Compare on multi-marketplace support, OSS detail, reserve handling and whether the posting matches the bank deposit.
Spreadsheets from settlement reports
Free, and how most sellers start. Works for one marketplace and one country; falls apart with OSS, reserves and refunds across periods.
Getting started

Your first week

We onboard new accounts within 2 business days. We review your first payouts with you and confirm the account mapping with your Steuerberater if you want us to.

  1. Day 1: Request service and tell us your marketplaces, accounting system, chart of accounts and whether you file OSS.
  2. Day 2–3: Your account is live. Connect marketplaces and your accounting system; we import recent settlements and propose the mapping.
  3. Day 4–5: Review the first three payout breakdowns, adjust the mapping, and post them. Check that the bank matching works.
  4. Day 7: Automatic posting is on. Backfill earlier months if you need to, and share read access with your bookkeeper.

Security and data

  • Marketplace and accounting connections use each platform's OAuth or app authorisation; we never hold your marketplace or accounting passwords, and you can revoke access from the platform at any time.
  • Data is stored in an EU data-centre region, encrypted at rest and in transit (TLS 1.2 or higher).
  • Only you and the bookkeepers you invite can see your breakdowns and postings; support access is granted by you per session and logged.
  • Settlement data is kept while your account is open so prior periods can be re-examined; German record-keeping rules expect ten years for accounting records, so export before deleting.
  • Full export at any time and deletion on request within 30 days, confirmed by email.

Questions

Which accounting systems work today?

lexoffice and sevDesk connect directly, and DATEV is covered by a booking-batch export your Steuerberater imports. Pennylane (France), Moneybird (Netherlands) and Fortnox (Sweden) are planned; tell us which one you need when you request service and we will prioritise by demand.

Is this tax advice?

No. Payout Ledger is bookkeeping software. It applies the mapping and VAT treatment you and your accountant configure. Whether you must register for OSS, how to treat a particular supply, or which account a fee belongs in, are questions for your Steuerberater.

Does it file my OSS or VAT return?

No. It produces the sales-by-country summary and the postings your advance VAT return (UStVA) is built from. Registration and filing are done by you or your accountant through the tax authority's portal.

How are Amazon reserves handled?

Reserves held are posted to a receivable account and released reserves reverse it, so the payout total still matches the bank while sales are recognised in the period they happened.

Is the interface in German?

The interface is in English. Account names and voucher fields are shown exactly as your lexoffice, sevDesk or DATEV chart shows them. Support is in English today; German-language support is planned.

What about Shopify Payments, Kaufland or Otto?

Not yet. We started with the four marketplaces where settlement data is accessible and sellers asked for it most. Request service and tell us which channel you need; founding customers set the order.

What if a payout does not balance?

It is held for review and never posted automatically. You see which settlement rows could not be classified, assign them, and the posting then balances to the deposit. Unresolved differences go to a clearly named account, not into revenue.

Ready when you are

Tell us about your setup. We confirm by email and get you running within 2 business days.

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