Easy method to track fees for tax time.

[doctorjoeshmoe]

So, I am 1 of the many who has been spoiled by the simplicity of using Godaddy bookkeeping software.

Since they decided to shut down shop mid year it seems like a bit of a headache.

I have a more than full time job, so time consuming bookkeeping does not seem fun. I am not very skilled on the computer and do not even know my way around excel. I do not want to learn a complex software like quickbooks.

I only sell maybe 20-30 items a month, I am thinking my best bet may be blank spreadsheets where I can just log my ebay fees, cost of goods and that sort of thing.

I am totally spoiled after having this data pulled from ebay for me, I just entered my cost of goods, expenses, mileage.

What is the best method to find this data on ebay? I know they only store data for 90 days so I want to stay on top of it. I guess I am just looking for sellers who have a good easy method to log any data needed for taxes.

Thanks for any pointers.

[wooden_flower]

You can get data going back more than 90 days through the payment system.  You can download a transaction report that includes all of your sales and fees. You can see all of this year and last year, and even into 2020 - that is as far back as I can test since I didn't start in the new payment system until mid-2020.

If you want to keep running totals and not wait for the end of the year, set up a spreadsheet in the same format as the transaction report.  Then you can add the new month without having to type all of the data - just copy from the report and paste it into your spreadsheet.  Run the transaction reports here - https://www.ebay.com/sh/fin/report

[mega-ma-roo]

My spreadsheet looks like this and I just enter each sale as it come in:

I get the information on sales using the View Payment Details option:

If the shipping cost is different from the buyer paid shipping, that information is on the first View Payment Details page if you buy your labels through eBay.