Zalando accounting with KudTax
Connect your Zalando seller account with KudTax to automatically reconcile platform fees, marketplace commissions, payouts and VAT rates across all EU countries into DATEV-ready entries.
Zalando is the largest channel in Europe for fashion sellers, and the one with the highest return rate — in some categories more than half the goods come back. In accounting terms the month's revenue is only settled weeks later, and anyone not keeping sales and returns on the same transaction is permanently working with figures that are still going to move.
How Zalando works with KudTax
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Connect Zalando via API
Authorise KudTax to connect directly to your Zalando seller account via official API.
02
Automated settlement & fee import
KudTax automatically fetches settlements, sales orders, platform fees, refunds and advertising costs from Zalando.
03
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
Create a DATEV EXTF posting batch for review and file import. Check document references and document files separately.
What KudTax reads from Zalando
- Where the export lives
- Zalando Partner Portal → Finance → Statements → download the credit advice and transaction overview
- What the portal calls the file
- Credit advice (partner statement)
- Formats
- CSVPDF
Line-item types recognised
- Sales per article and size
- Commission per product group
- Returns and write-downs
- Shipping and fulfilment shares
- Payouts per settlement run
What to watch for with Zalando
The return rate moves the whole month
With return rates of forty per cent and up, the booked sales month means nothing without the matching take-backs. Only once a return is attached to the original transaction do the month's revenue, margin and VAT hold — otherwise the correction becomes permanent work spread across two periods.
Commission differs by product group
Zalando does not settle at one flat percentage but per category. Calculate with an average and total margin looks plausible while individual product groups run at a loss — which only becomes visible once commission is posted per line.
Why connect Zalando 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 references
Prepares posting data for your DATEV export. Review account assignments, completeness and document references with your accountant.
Zalando integration – FAQ
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