I guess I should've have replied sooner. The way we tackled this problem is: Paypal accounts need to be managed in accounting as a standard bank account and the monthly Paypal statement should be used like the monthly statement from a bank, thus any fees from Paypal also must be managed the same way as fees from your bank. Logically it checks out since banks don't provide invoices for their fees either but I didn't know Paypal was classified as a bank in Europe (or at least should be considered as one for accounting purposes).
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Exactly, the only way this might be acceptable if Paypal would be a bank, which as far as I know it isn't. Literally everyone whose services you use and pay fees (either deducted from incoming purchases or paid by you separately) issues an invoice. In my case the only exception, as I said above, is a bank.
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Does somebody know where can I find an invoice from PayPal for the fees they keep taking or who to contact to receive an invoice?
I don't know how PayPal thinks business works in the EU but the statements and reports that can be generated are NOT legal documents and if my book keeping is not in order I'll be fined because the numbers won't match reality.
I found one topic with zero replies here:
https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Selling-on-your-website/Montly-Invoice-of-Paypal-feeds/m-p/1186418
I can't be the only one from the whole continent who hasn't got this figured out and I can't just make up invoices in my accounting even if I know the company details of PayPal Europe.
Paypal (Europe) S.A R.L. ET CIE, S.C.A. <removed> <removed> Luxembourg <removed>
Any help would be appreciated because customer support on the phone didn't seem to understand what I was talking about. Thanks!
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