Shopify/Stripe/PayPal Payout Totals Don't Reconcile with Sales Records
E-commerce sellers using Shopify, Stripe, and PayPal frequently find that payout amounts don't match their sales reports, accounting records, or bank deposits, due to causes like fees, timing differences, refunds, tax mapping, or double-counted deposits. Sellers lack an easy way to diagnose which of these factors is causing the mismatch.
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