How to get your PayPal invoices and statements
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PayPal is how you paid, not who sold to you, so the invoice comes from the seller. What PayPal gives you is the record of the payment: the payment’s details in Activity, monthly statements, and activity reports for up to seven years.
Download PayPal records by hand
Find one payment
On the web, open your Activity page. It lists the recipient, date and amount of each payment; select a payment to see its details.
Download a monthly statement
Go to paypal.com/reports/accountStatements, click Request next to the month, and click Download when the statement is ready.
Or download an activity report
Go to History (your activity), click the Download icon, then Custom. Choose the report, follow the prompts and click Download when it is ready. A report can cover up to 12 months at a time.
- Activity reports go back up to seven years, as PDF, Quicken, QuickBooks, CSV or TAB files.
- A large report can take up to five business days to generate; PayPal emails you when it is ready to download.
- For the invoice itself (with the seller’s VAT details), look for the seller’s own email or account page.
What arrives by email
Whether you get an invoice by email depends on the seller. PayPal’s help page mentions one email of its own here: the notice that a large activity report is ready to download.
Let BillyBox collect them
BillyBox connects to Gmail, Outlook or any IMAP inbox and looks through your mail for invoices and receipts. It saves attached PDFs, turns receipts written into the email body into a PDF, and reads the vendor, amount and date for you.
For purchases paid with PayPal, the useful document is usually the seller’s invoice email, which BillyBox collects like any other. PayPal’s statements and reports you download from PayPal and keep alongside.
Collect the invoices that reach your inbox
Connect Gmail, Outlook or any IMAP inbox and review your invoices in one place.
Start freeQuestions
Does PayPal give me an invoice for my purchase?
No, the invoice comes from the seller. PayPal records the payment: its details in Activity, and your monthly statements and activity reports.
How do I download a PayPal monthly statement?
Go to paypal.com/reports/accountStatements, click Request next to the month, and click Download when it is ready.
How far back can I download PayPal activity?
Up to seven years, as PDF, Quicken, QuickBooks, CSV or TAB, with up to 12 months in one request.
Can BillyBox collect my PayPal purchases?
It collects the invoices sellers email you, including for purchases you paid with PayPal. Statements and reports you download from PayPal.
Sources
- PayPal Help: How do I view and download statements and reports?
- PayPal Help: How do I find my PayPal Debit Card transaction history?
Vendors change their pages. If a step no longer matches, the vendor’s help page is the reference.