How To Find Your Etsy Shipping Label Totals (2026 Guide)
Etsy buries your shipping label costs. Here's exactly where to find your total Etsy shipping label spend for tax time, three different ways.
Last updated: April 2026. Etsy’s interface has changed significantly since this post was first written. The original steps no longer work. This guide reflects the current Etsy Seller Dashboard.
Etsy buries your shipping label costs. They’re not on your main dashboard, not in your sales summary, and not anywhere you’d naturally look. At tax time, that’s a real problem. Every dollar you spent on Etsy shipping labels is a legitimate business deduction, and missing it means paying more tax than you should.
This guide shows you exactly where to find your Etsy shipping label totals in 2026, three different ways.
Why your Etsy shipping label total matters
Your Etsy shipping label spend is a deductible business expense. Under Schedule C, it falls into the “Shipping and postage” category. It’s also separate from the shipping your customer paid you, which trips up a lot of sellers.
Here’s how it works: if a buyer paid $8 for shipping at checkout and Etsy used that to buy a $7.50 label, your deductible amount is $0. The customer covered it. But if you offer free shipping and absorb the cost yourself, or if the label cost exceeded what the buyer paid, that out-of-pocket amount is your deduction.
The total you’re looking for is what Etsy actually charged your account for shipping labels over the year. Finding that number takes a couple of clicks once you know where to go.
Method 1: Finances and Payment Account (quickest for spot checks)
This is the fastest way to see shipping label charges without downloading anything.
- Go to your Etsy Shop Manager (shop.etsy.com)
- In the left sidebar, click Finances
- Click Payment Account
- Use the date filter at the top to set your date range (for example: 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 for the last tax year)
- Scroll through the transactions and look for entries labelled “Shipping Label”. Each purchase appears as a separate line item.
This works well if you want to spot-check a specific month or verify a single transaction. For a full-year total, it’s a bit tedious to add up manually. Method 2 is faster.
Method 2: Monthly Statements CSV (best for tax totals)
Etsy’s monthly statements are the cleanest way to pull a full-year shipping total without manually adding up individual transactions.
- Go to Finances, then Monthly Statements
- Download the statement for each month you shipped orders
- Open the CSV in a spreadsheet (Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers all work)
- Filter or search the Type column for “Shipping Label”
- Sum the Amount column for all matching rows
That total is your deductible Etsy shipping label spend for the period.
One thing to note: Etsy’s monthly statements are available one month at a time. You’ll need to download January through December separately and combine them if you want the full year in one place.
Method 3: Orders CSV (if you want line-by-line detail)
If you track things at the order level and want to know exactly which orders had label costs, the Orders CSV export is your best option.
- Go to Shop Manager, then Settings, then Options, then Download Data
- Under “Download CSV file”, select Orders and your date range
- Download and open the file
- The CSV includes columns for the order total, shipping collected, and shipping label cost
This gives you a row-by-row breakdown you can filter and sort however you like. Most sellers find it more detail than they need for tax purposes, but it’s useful if you’re reconciling specific orders or checking whether a particular shipment was covered by the buyer or not.
What if Craftybase connects to your Etsy shop?
If you use Craftybase’s Etsy integration, your orders import automatically, including the shipping label costs Etsy deducted from your account. You can pull your shipping expense total from Craftybase’s expense reports rather than logging in to Etsy and digging through CSVs manually.
It’s one less thing to track at tax time. The numbers are already there.
A note on the old instructions
The original version of this post (written in 2019) described a path through Etsy’s old shipping interface: a “mailtruck icon,” a “Looking for FedEx Labels?” link, and a legacy shipping label portal. That interface no longer exists. Etsy has significantly revamped the Seller Dashboard, and those steps will not work in 2026. The methods above reflect the current UI.
If you’re reading this after another Etsy interface update and something looks different, the most reliable fallback is always Finances and Payment Account. That section has stayed relatively stable across Etsy’s various redesigns.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find my Etsy shipping label totals?
Your Etsy shipping label totals are in Shop Manager, then Finances, then Payment Account. Filter by date range and look for transactions labelled "Shipping Label." For a full-year total, downloading your Monthly Statements CSV and summing the shipping label rows is faster than scrolling through individual transactions.
Are Etsy shipping labels tax deductible?
Yes. Etsy shipping labels are a deductible business expense on Schedule C under "Shipping and postage." The deductible amount is what you actually paid out of pocket, not what the buyer paid you for shipping. If a buyer covered the full label cost at checkout, your deductible amount for that order is $0. If you offer free shipping or the label cost exceeded what the buyer paid, that difference is your deduction.
How do I download my Etsy shipping label report?
Etsy doesn't have a single dedicated "shipping label report." The closest option is downloading your Monthly Statements CSV from Finances and then Monthly Statements. Download each month, open the files in a spreadsheet, filter the Type column for "Shipping Label," and sum the amounts. For a line-by-line order breakdown, use Shop Manager, then Settings, then Options, then Download Data, then the Orders CSV instead.
Does Craftybase track Etsy shipping costs automatically?
Yes. When you connect your Etsy shop to Craftybase, orders import daily, including the shipping costs Etsy deducted from your account. Your shipping expense total is available in Craftybase's expense reports without needing to download any CSVs from Etsy. It's one less spreadsheet to manage at tax time.
If you’re pulling this number together for your taxes, the Craftybase Etsy inventory integration brings your order data in automatically, shipping costs included. No manual CSV work required. Free 14-day trial available →
For more on what you can claim at tax time, see our guide on claiming Etsy shipping label costs on Schedule C.
