App Store Accounting How it works

Apple App Store → Xero invoice

Drop in your monthly Apple financial reports and download a Xero-ready sales invoice CSV. Accurate exchange rates, 4-dp precision, ready to import in seconds.

Step 1

Upload Apple reports

From App Store Connect → Payments and Financial Reports, choose the month, and download both files:

  1. First, make sure the green badge is showing next to the transaction ID at the top of the page. The reports only become exportable once Apple has actually paid you — usually around six weeks after the end of the sales month.
  2. Summary CSV — click the small blue download icon just above the Proceeds column. You'll get a file named financial_report.csv.
  3. Detailed TXT — click the Create Reports button (top right) and download the All Countries or Regions (Detailed) report. The download is a zip file which you will need to extract and upload the file named something like this FD_88526596_0226.txt.
Step 2

Xero account codes

Update each code to match the equivalent account in your own Xero chart of accounts. Your values are remembered in this browser for next time.

Sales — Premium Subscriptions
Gross customer revenue per country · Income account
App/Play Store Fees
Apple's 15% commission · Expense account
VAT
Sales tax / VAT collected by Apple · Expense account
Withholding Tax
Only used when Apple withholds, e.g. Brazil · Expense account
Step 3

Invoice details

Optional. Leave the invoice number blank to assign it in Xero on import.

Files are processed in memory — never stored on the server.

How it works

For each country in the detailed report we compute the gross revenue, Apple commission (15%), sales tax, and withholding (when present), all converted to GBP using Apple's effective exchange rate (Proceeds ÷ Total Owed). Each becomes a line on the Xero invoice tagged with its account code and the region as a tracking option. Net of the four lines reconciles to the proceeds Apple paid you, within pennies.