Resellers
Book payouts from Paddle
Paddle sells your software in its own name and handles the VAT. Diffa books the payout as a sale to Paddle and the commission as a price reduction.
How Paddle pays out
Paddle is a reseller, the merchant of record. The customer buys from Paddle. Paddle accounts for the VAT in the customer's country. You receive a payout monthly or every two weeks with your share of the sales.
Paddle's commission is deducted from the sales before the payout. Since Paddle sells in its own name, your sale is a service to Paddle outside the EU without Swedish VAT. The commission is a price reduction.
How Diffa books it
Sales are booked gross and the fees separately. The platform sells to the customer in its own name. Your sale is a service to the platform company without Swedish VAT and the commission is a price reduction. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the Riksbank’s rate on the transaction date. The net sits on the receivable from Paddle until you book the deposit in your accounting software; Diffa never books bank lines.
Default accounts
Suggestions from the Swedish BAS chart. You can change any of them before anything is booked.
| Account | Used for |
|---|---|
| 3305 | Sale of a service to Paddle, without Swedish VAT |
| 6050 | Paddle's commission, price reduction |
| 1686 | Receivable from Paddle until the money reaches the bank |
In your accounting software
Paddle in Fortnox
You log in to Fortnox from Diffa and approve the connection. Each sales day from Paddle becomes a voucher in the series you choose: the sale to Paddle without Swedish VAT, the commission as a price reduction and the net amount on the receivable, with the documentation attached.
Paddle in Spiris
You log in to Spiris from Diffa. Diffa reads the chart of accounts and suggests one account for the sale of services to Paddle and one for the price reduction. It then books each sales day as a voucher.
Paddle in Bokio
You log in to Bokio from Diffa and choose a company. Each sales day from Paddle becomes a voucher with the sale to Paddle and the commission kept separate. You match the bank deposit against the receivable from Paddle.
Paddle in Björn Lundén
You paste the key from Björn Lundén into Diffa. Each sales day from Paddle becomes a voucher in BL with the sale to Paddle without Swedish VAT, the commission as a price reduction and the net amount on the receivable.
Common questions
- When are sales booked?
- On the day of the sale. Each sales day is booked against the receivable from Paddle when the day is over and the payout is then reconciled against what is already booked. You can instead choose one voucher per payout or per transaction.
- Why are my customers' payments not booked as sales?
- Because the customers buy from Paddle, not from you. Your sale is to Paddle. It is booked as an export of services without VAT.
- How is a refund to a customer booked?
- As a reduction of the sales to Paddle on the day Paddle deducted the amount.
- Do I need to report OSS for Paddle sales?
- No. Paddle accounts for the VAT to consumers. You only report the sale to Paddle in the box for services outside the EU.
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