I have a Amazon Business Seller account, do i need business license?
I have a Amazon Business Seller account, do i need business license?
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
Basically, if you don’t have an office or warehouse that is actually staffed and managed, in the UK, you are a NETP.
As such, you do not have the benefit of the threshold (85k, not £80k), and will have to register for VAT, the moment your goods hit the UK shore.
If your really not sure and want to confirm it, ring HMRC. They will tell you straight.
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Seller_7VbclcPFFRTnc
Depends on what you sell
Why are you asking ?
Seller_XWGbfU644XAkQ
yes broad band bill and my company name and company’s uk address mentioned on the bill
Seller_DZ68wUM93EE1W
Watching this thread as we’re in the same situation
Seller_XWGbfU644XAkQ
my address is not virutal, you have any idea about my situation and any solution?
Seller_XWGbfU644XAkQ
9.2 UK establishment: definition
A UK establishment exists if either the:
- place where essential management decisions are made and the business’s central administration is carried out is in the UK
- business has a permanent physical presence with the human and technical resources to make or receive taxable supplies in the UK
We would normally consider a company which is incorporated in the UK to have an establishment in the UK as long as it’s able to receive business supplies at its registered office.
in the light of last paragraph, i think i am not NEPT, m i right or not?
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
Yes, your a NETP. That is why if you store stock in the UK, you must be registered for VAT.
It’s exactly what was trying to be avoided.
Seller_XWGbfU644XAkQ
no i am literally not avoiding, i just making sure. because i thing that i am an estamlishment with UK because my company is registered in UK. i want to just clear this concept
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
No, I understand that. I was referring to what had happened, nothing else.
Seller_XWGbfU644XAkQ
i really appreciate your concern . but still i am confused because i have read all the articles related to VAT registration of UK but i havn’t found my selft as NEPT. may be i am wrong but as my thinking i am not NEPT and i don’t have to register VAT until i cross the threshold of 80000
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
Your admin department is not in the UK and your virtual address can’t receive stock therefore you’re a NETP
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
Basically, if you don’t have an office or warehouse that is actually staffed and managed, in the UK, you are a NETP.
As such, you do not have the benefit of the threshold (85k, not £80k), and will have to register for VAT, the moment your goods hit the UK shore.
If your really not sure and want to confirm it, ring HMRC. They will tell you straight.
Seller_XWGbfU644XAkQ
now i am satisfied
thanks for your precious time and concern
Seller_XWGbfU644XAkQ
yes now i understand. thanks for you time and concern
regards
Seller_YSVJTvJFHSin4
If you are JC World Ltd. then your proposed registered business address is most certainly virtual, and very different from your (residential) service address in Pakistan, and I think you know perfectly well that it is virtual, and I also think you are deliberately deceiving either yourself or others if you are claiming it isn’t. Hundreds of businesses are registered at that address and you can easily check it online. If you are under the illusion that this is not a virtual address but your own exclusive UK business address which you managed to get at a really cheap annual rate then you are very naive. But I think you know fine well and were just hoping no one would notice. Since when did providing someone with a broadband bill (presumably not in your name?) prove that an address was not virtual? If the bill is in your name, how coiuld that happen without your consent, and why didn’t you ask the person who sent you it? Why on earth would you have a broadband contract in your name in the UK if you don’t live here and never took one out?
There are lots of would-be sellers like you on Amazon. When Amazon stops them being sellers, because they are perceived as essentially trying to cheat the UK legal system, they usually come to this forum and pretend to be innocent and naive. But essentially Amazon stopped you from breaking UK law, because hundreds of non-UK sellers try to do what you have tried to do every week on the Amazon platform. They would get into a lot of legal trouble if they didn’t.
Seller_mWupLYA8ORjoo
No, this is enough to run a business.
