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How to file an EDF for Amazon Associates earnings

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Amazon Associates pays referral fees from outside India. The paid commission report is the record. Clicks and ordered items are not the export value.

Paid fees, not ordered items

The Associates reports show clicks, ordered items, and fees. The EDF uses the fees Amazon paid you, in the currency of that payment. Unpaid or estimated fees are not an invoice. The dashboard Amazon Associates template reads the earnings report and uses the Earnings column. Choose the store currency if the file does not name one.

The Amazon company that runs the Associates programme on the payment advice is the service recipient and the third-party payer. Shoppers paid Amazon. Amazon paid you for the referrals.

Advertising code

This site’s code for advertising services is SAC 998361. Banks often use purpose code P1007 for advertising and market research. An affiliate fee is not the same document as an AdSense receipt, so confirm with the bank before you rely on that pair.

Do not describe Associates fees as software. If you also sell apps, those sales stay on a separate line with SAC 998314.

Deadline

File within 30 days after the invoice month. Referral fees are generally a service other than software. The bank may accept the form on or before the payment date. Ask.

Bring foreign currency into India within nine months of the invoice date, or twelve months if the invoice or the settlement is in rupees. This site does not file the form.

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