P&L Report -- Include or Exclude Deferred Transactions

May 6, 2026

Overview

The Profit & Loss report now lets you decide whether to include Amazon's deferred transactions in your numbers. By default they are excluded, so the report reflects only money Amazon has actually released to you. You can flip a toggle at the top of the report to layer the deferred amounts in -- useful for trend and pipeline analysis. The Group By filter has also moved up next to the date range for quicker access.

What's New

Include / Exclude Deferred Toggle

Two tabs sit just above the report:

• Exclude Deferred (default) -- only released, posted transactions count toward the report
• Include Deferred -- adds Amazon's currently-deferred transactions on top of the released ones

Your choice is remembered across page reloads and is also respected by the Download (XLSX) export, so the spreadsheet matches what you see on screen.

Group By Moved into the Title

The Group By filter (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Products, Brands, etc.) now lives right next to the date range picker in the page title, putting the most common controls in one place.

Old URLs Redirect

Bookmarks pointing to the old /sales/pl-report location automatically redirect to the new /finances/pl-report page -- nothing to update on your end.

What Are Deferred Transactions?

A deferred transaction is a sale that Amazon has not yet paid out to you. In Amazon's own words, "a deferred transaction is a transaction that will be paid out to you at a future date. Most transactions are deferred for some period of time before they are paid out."

There are two common reasons Amazon holds a transaction in a deferred state:

1. Awaiting Delivery (Delivery Date based reserve) -- Amazon holds sales proceeds while the order is in transit and for a short window after delivery, to ensure you have enough funds available to cover any returns, claims, or chargebacks before the money is released for payout.
2. Invoiced Orders (Amazon Business) -- For B2B orders where the buyer pays by invoice, funds remain deferred until the buyer settles the invoice -- typically 30 to 45 days after the order date.

Once the hold expires the transaction moves from deferred to released, and only released transactions are included in your normal Amazon settlement payouts and in the default P&L view.

For a deeper dive on how the rolling release window works, why your most recent week may look underreported, and how to reconcile correctly, see Deferred Transactions and the 7-Day Rolling Window Explained.

How to Use

1. Open Finances → Profit & Loss Report
2. Above the report, click Include Deferred to layer in the not-yet-released amounts, or Exclude Deferred to go back to the standard view
3. Use the Group By dropdown in the page title to slice the report Daily, Weekly, Products, Brands, and so on
4. Click the Download icon in the toolbar to export the current view (with or without deferred) to XLSX

Important -- How to Read Deferred Numbers

Deferred amounts are great for trend and statistical analysis, but should not be treated as your authoritative financial position. A few things to keep in mind:

• Deferred amounts can change before they post -- Amazon holds the funds precisely so they can be reduced or reversed if returns, claims, or chargebacks come in
• Until a transaction is released by Amazon, the money is not yet yours for payout, accounting, or revenue recognition
• For Amazon Business invoiced orders, the eventual release depends on the buyer paying the invoice on time

For reconciliation against your bank statement, settlement payouts, and accounting, leave the toggle on Exclude Deferred. Use Include Deferred when you want a fuller picture of the pipeline -- "everything Amazon currently owes me, released or not" -- for sales-trend or forecasting purposes.

Benefits

• Truer cash position by default -- Exclude Deferred matches what Amazon has actually paid you
• Forward visibility on demand -- Include Deferred surfaces money still tied up in delivery reserves and unpaid B2B invoices
• Faster filtering -- Group By is now front-and-centre next to the date picker
• Consistent exports -- XLSX downloads honour your toggle choice exactly

Impact

• Existing P&L users see no change in their default report -- deferred is excluded just as before
• Old /sales/pl-report URLs continue to work via automatic redirects
• The XLSX export now follows the on-screen Include / Exclude Deferred toggle (it previously always excluded deferred)