Whatnot + KudTax
Connect your Whatnot seller account with KudTax to automatically reconcile platform fees, marketplace commissions, payouts and VAT rates across all EU countries into DATEV-ready entries.
Whatnot sells in live streams — by auction, in real time, often dozens of lots closing in one show. The sale price is only fixed at the hammer, not before. That is unfamiliar territory for bookkeeping: there is no basket with a calculated margin, but a series of individual transactions whose revenue only exists at the moment the lot closes.
How Whatnot works with KudTax
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Connect Whatnot via API
Authorise KudTax to connect directly to your Whatnot seller account via official API.
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Automated settlement & fee import
KudTax automatically fetches settlements, sales orders, platform fees, refunds and advertising costs from Whatnot.
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AI order-level reconciliation
KudTax matches net payouts line-by-line with gross sales and itemised fees, ensuring zero missing expenses.
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Export to DATEV & accounting
Export clean EXTF posting batches with linked settlement documents to DATEV or your tax advisor.
What KudTax reads from Whatnot
- Where the export lives
- Whatnot Seller Hub → Payouts or Reports → export the sales and payout report
- What the portal calls the file
- Sales and payout report
- Formats
- CSV
Line-item types recognised
- Hammer prices per lot
- Sales commissions
- Payment charges
- Shipping shares
- Refunds
- Payouts
What to watch for with Whatnot
Revenue arises at the hammer
What governs is the moment the lot closes, not the shipment and not the payout. On shows that run past midnight the hammer therefore falls on the day of the show rather than the day of fulfilment — and at a month end that is the difference between two periods.
Regular live selling is a trade
Recurring selling with an intention to profit is a trade, whatever it started out as. From that point VAT and record-keeping duties apply from the beginning — retroactively, not from the day the penny drops.
Why connect Whatnot with KudTax
Gross vs net fee splitting
Automatically splits net payouts into gross revenues, commissions, and shipping fees so expense accounts stay accurate.
EU-wide dispatch & OSS compliance
Tracks dispatches across EU warehouses and assigns correct country VAT rates for OSS filings.
Period boundary reconciliation
Accurately splits settlements that cut across month-ends into correct calendar accounting months.
DATEV EXTF & document links
Generates audit-proof posting batches with digital document attachments for 100% GoBD compliance.
Whatnot integration – FAQ
At the moment the lot closes, not on shipment or payout.
Yes, wherever the report identifies the show — which makes it visible which format pays.
KudTax breaks down net payouts from Whatnot into individual gross sales, fees, and refunds, matching every line item.
Yes. KudTax categorises VAT rates and warehouse dispatches by country to keep OSS returns accurate.
Automate your Whatnot accounting today
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