UK VAT Registration Requirements
My company has fallen well below the VAT threshold of £85k / annum so I deregistered but am still selling on FBA UK. I do not ship or sell in any other EU countries.
Do I have to re-register? The Amazon help is not that great and I would prefer getting help from someone that has first hand experience.
Thank you
Seller_DTufFoxJuMU0M
Amazon support sadly don’t have knowledge of every law and tax requirement in every country.
I sell FBA without Vat because I am (deliberately) keeping under the threshold.
As long as you live in the UK and are only dispatching to the UK, and not doing Pan Eu etc then its fine.
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Seller_DROodOAYHftnc
Where are you based ?
If you do not live in the UK, but store stock in UK FBA then you need to be VAT registered as you are considered a NETP.
Seller_DROodOAYHftnc
What makes you think you have to re-register ?
If you live in UK and under the threshold then you can still sell via FBA.
Seller_NZ8BMcnubJ3M6
I asked Amazon Support and they said if I use FBA then I have to be registered but it doesn’t really make sense that Amazon force me to register when the VAT laws says otherwise.
Seller_DTufFoxJuMU0M
Amazon support sadly don’t have knowledge of every law and tax requirement in every country.
I sell FBA without Vat because I am (deliberately) keeping under the threshold.
As long as you live in the UK and are only dispatching to the UK, and not doing Pan Eu etc then its fine.
Seller_NZ8BMcnubJ3M6
Yes I wasn’t very trusting of the help they gave which is why community is best.
Thank you so much for that…
Seller_DROodOAYHftnc
That is blantantly incorrect advice they have given you ! 
These sort of issues need to be raised with someone - Seller Support giving out wrong advice.
For your info:
@Jessica @Winston_Amazon , @Julia_Amazon
It’s like the many times that SS tell sellers they have to send everything tracked - again wrong.
Seller_NZ8BMcnubJ3M6
Unfortunately Amazon Support associates only know what they know. The intricacies surrounding VAT should be dealt with by a specialised department and not just daily support associates… I am grateful I have an answer though so cheers to the user forum
