# Choose which Stripe Tax report to use Learn which Stripe Tax report to use for your specific needs. > If you want Stripe to file taxes on your behalf, you don’t need to use these reports directly. Learn more about [automated filing](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/filing.md). These reports are for businesses that file on their own, work with a tax advisor, or need tax data for accounting, audit, or reconciliation purposes. Stripe Tax provides three types of reports. Each one serves a different purpose. Choosing the wrong report for your task, or trying to reconcile numbers between reports without understanding how they differ, is the most common source of confusion with Stripe Tax reporting. | | | | | | [Itemized report](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/reports.md#itemized-exports) | [Summarized report](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/reports.md#summarized-exports) | [Location report](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/reports.md#us-location-reports) | | **Best for** | Jurisdiction-level detail, complex filings, audit | Aggregate totals per jurisdiction, simpler filings | Preparing US and Canada state tax returns | | **Granularity** | One row per line item per jurisdiction | One aggregated row per jurisdiction | Structured to match the state’s filing portal | | **Scope** | Worldwide | Worldwide | US and Canada only | | **Includes non-taxable transactions** | Yes (excludable) | No | No | | **Downloadable** | Yes | Yes | No (Dashboard only) | | **Schedulable** | Yes | Yes | No | | **API access** | Yes ([Reports API](https://docs.stripe.com/reports/api.md)) | Yes ([Reports API](https://docs.stripe.com/reports/api.md)) | No | ## Itemized report The itemized report gives you one CSV row per line item per tax jurisdiction. Use this report when you need transaction-level detail. It’s the most complete view of your Stripe Tax data. Use the itemized report when: - **You’re filing in a complex jurisdiction.** For EU VAT, UK VAT, Australian GST, or any jurisdiction that requires individual transaction records or granular breakdowns (for example, by product type or sub-state jurisdiction), the itemized report is the right starting point. - **You’re auditing your tax calculations.** Each row contains the resolved origin and destination addresses, the product tax code, the taxability reason, the applicable tax rate, and the calculated tax amount for each jurisdiction. This is the most complete record of how Stripe Tax calculated tax on each transaction. - **You’re sharing data with your accountant or a tax advisor.** The itemized report includes customer name, email, invoice ID, and optional metadata fields (such as your own order IDs). You can also filter by jurisdiction before exporting. - **You’re looking for a transaction that doesn’t appear in your summarized or location report.** The itemized report includes non-taxable transactions (such as sales in jurisdictions where you haven’t registered). These are excluded from the other two report types. - **Not all of your tax liability flows through Stripe.** If you sell across multiple channels (your own systems, other platforms, or in-person), the itemized and summarized reports give you Stripe’s portion of your tax data as a clean, portable file. You can combine it with data from your other channels before preparing your filing, without needing to import those other transactions into Stripe first. - **You need to automate report generation.** Both the itemized and summarized reports are available through the [Reports API](https://docs.stripe.com/reports/api.md) and can be scheduled to run daily, weekly, or monthly. ## Summarized report The summarized report aggregates your Stripe Tax data by jurisdiction, giving you one row per jurisdiction showing total sales, taxable sales, tax collected, and refunds for the selected period. Use the summarized report when: - **Your jurisdiction only requires aggregate totals.** Many US states and some VAT jurisdictions accept a filing that shows total taxable sales and total tax collected per jurisdiction, without individual transaction detail. In some of these cases, the summarized report maps closely to this format. - **You want a fast overview of tax collected across all jurisdictions.** Without the line-item detail of the itemized report, the summarized report is easier to review and share as a quick summary. > The summarized report excludes non-taxable transactions. If you compare its totals to the itemized report without filtering, the numbers differ. Use the **Exclude non-taxable transactions** toggle in the itemized report drawer to produce a comparable dataset. ## Location report Location reports restructure your transaction data to match the layout of each location’s Department of Revenue online filing requirements. Use a location report when you’re filing a tax return for a state or province in the US or Canada. Rather than raw transaction data, you see line items like gross sales, deductions, net taxable sales, and tax due, organized the way the tax authority expects them. Use the location report when: - **You want filing prep done for you, without needing an accounting team.** Location reports take your Stripe transaction data and organize it into the exact format each state uses in its online filing portal. Instead of downloading a CSV and manually figuring out what goes in each field, you can open a location report and see your numbers already structured the way the state expects. This is especially useful if you’re filing on your own or with a small team that doesn’t have dedicated tax staff. - **You’re preparing or reviewing your US or Canada state sales tax filing.** Location reports let you select your filing frequency and period, then view your data in the structure that matches the state portal. This reduces the manual mapping needed to transfer data from a CSV into a state filing form. - **You want a state-by-state view of your tax obligations.** Each active registration has its own location report. You can review all your states from the [Locations](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/locations) page. **Limitations**: - Location reports are available only for the US and Canada. For all other jurisdictions, use the itemized or summarized report. - You can’t download location reports. They are view-only in the Dashboard. If you need a file for your records, use the itemized or summarized report for the same jurisdiction and period. - Location reports aren’t available through the API. - You can’t schedule location reports. - Location reports don’t include [imported transactions](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/imports.md). If you’ve imported third-party transaction data, use the itemized or summarized report to view that data. - Location reports are based entirely on your Stripe transaction data, and they don’t account for business-specific adjustments like credits, prepayments, use tax owed on purchases, or transactions that happened outside of Stripe. Treat the report as a starting point, and always review the report before filing. ## See also - [Tax reporting overview](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/reports.md) - [Tax filing and remittance](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/filing.md) - [Import transactions](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/imports.md)