Match each payout to its bank deposit
Matching pairs a marketplace payout with the deposit in your bank and moves that deposit to the clearing or balance account, so your sales are counted once. Works in any bank account and any currency.
Why it matters
The posted settlement already counts your sales and fees. If the bank deposit is also categorised as sales, the same money is counted twice. Matching moves the deposit to the clearing account instead: clearing goes back to zero and income is right.
Find and match
A posted settlement or month shows the possible deposits: the exact amount, in any of your bank accounts, from a few days before the marketplace's date to ten days after, closest first, with where each is categorised now.
- Match moves it. Its bank link, receipts and reviewed tick stay with it.
- Not this one turns a deposit down for this payout.
- Unmatch puts the deposit back as it was.
- Match N deposits matches every payout with exactly one possible deposit, in one go.
Another currency
An Amazon.ae payout in dirhams that lands in a Canadian dollar account is offered when it's within 10% of the market rate on the deposit date. You see the bank's rate, how far it is from the market and the exchange difference, then Match at this rate: the difference goes to gain or loss on foreign exchange. Converted payouts are never matched in bulk or by the daily job.
When Amazon charged you
A negative Amazon settlement is matched to the money Amazon took from your card or bank the same way, so the fees aren't counted twice. If Amazon carried the balance into the next settlement instead, there's nothing to match.
Automatically
With automatic posting on, the daily job matches deposits that have exactly one exact fit and are still uncategorised or only in the sales account. Anything else waits for you.
What you should see
What you should see
- The settlement says deposit matched, with the date and bank account
- The deposit now shows the clearing account as its category
- The clearing account's balance is only what's still on its way
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How payouts post to your books
Choose an account for each kind of money (sales, refunds, fees, ads, tax, held back) and a clearing or balance account for the payout, pick the day posting starts, then post by hand or automatically. The same idea for Amazon, Walmart, Noon and eBay.
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