Getting started
Welcome to TrueBooks
What TrueBooks does, what you need before you start, and a 5-minute walkthrough of your first sign-in.
Connecting your Amazon Seller account
Walk through the SP-API authorisation flow — region picker, marketplaces, and what to do if the redirect fails.
Connecting Xero
Authorise a Xero organisation, pick the right tenant, and sync your chart of accounts into TrueBooks.
Account & tax mappings
Map each transaction category to the right Xero account and tax rate. UK tax-code gotchas explained.
Settlements & posting
What is a settlement?
The 14-day cycle Amazon disburses on, what's inside a settlement file, and how TrueBooks reads it.
How TrueBooks classifies lines
From ItemPrice.Principal to FBAPerUnitFulfillmentFee — how raw rows turn into Xero invoice lines.
UK VAT and Marketplace Facilitator orders
Why some orders show zero VAT, the OUTPUT tax-type suffix, and how MF orders flow to Xero.
Posting, rolling back & reposting
How invoice numbers and references work, how to reverse a posting safely, and avoiding duplicates.