My Account has been deactivated due to Vat Registration issues
I am wondering if anyone else has had an issue like mine.
I sell on Amazon.com (USA) and have a strong account and great sales from that platform.
Last year I opened an account on Amazon UK. Big mistake!
Sales were fine until mid-August when my account was suddenly deactivated. I never received any prior warning.
My account was deactivated as I needed to apply for VAT in the UK. To do this I need to open a business in the UK. This is not possible as I am not resident in the UK.
I then asked seller support to close my account and move my inventory to an address in the UK.
Never heard a word after that. Once your account is deactivated, Amazon does not respond to any Seller Support request unless you want to submit documents (in my case UK Vat documents) and all the messages I have sent them go unanswered.
At this stage I cannot create a removal order as the Qty amounts are greyed out. Really frustrating and not sure how to go about contacting anyone for assistance.
Anyone have any ideas?
Regards,
Steve.
Seller_f5cnodyVjLD4S
How to get vat registered in the UK
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Seller_64jziShTiTjOq
Unfortunately, you should have researched the tax and other implications of trying to sell in a different country before you opened an account, and not to have sent any stock to the UK before you had fully understood and complied with the legal requirements. It is not Amazon’s responsibility to teach you that
They will not close a suspended or deactivated account. You will have to get it reactivated (by registering for VAT) and then put in a removal order to an address in the UK from which you could arrange their return to you in the US
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
You can open a UK business without being a UK resident, plenty of people do
