How to let Amazon know that I am VAT Exempt
Started selling on Amazon about 3 months ago. Not the best experience. Particularly appualling is the customer support that I found 90 percent of the time either copy and paste things already on the site without bothering to check on the backend what your individual situation is let alone rectify issues.
Recently read on seller forum that not sorting out VAT could affect sales and since I get exactly 1 sale per day or 1 every few days, seemed programmed and now thinking maybe Amazon does not realise am VAT exampt. When I try to confirm on seller central, I go through a loop and even the litmus test seems to think I need to be VAT registered. The law says within a 12 month rolling period if my revenue is less than £80k I don’t need to be. However when I try to declare I am, I get a message saying
You do not meet our terms for receipt automatic genration… according to our records you do not meet the terms and conditions to be Vat exempt…
Anyone else with this problem ?
99 replies
Seller_BS5lg2keRs2QO
Ever signed up for Pan-EU?
Also it’s worth doing an inventory report to see whether you have any stock stored in the EU. Customer returns can trigger a VAT requirement.
Seller_qZO3ZCjoBXEeL
Are you a UK citizen, with a UK registered and addressed business, shipping goods solely from within the UK?
Seller_DROodOAYHftnc
If you are based in UK, your stock is in UK, and you sell only to UK, and you do not have any stock stored overseas then you do not have to be VAT registered until your turnover is £85,000, though in some instances voluntary registration can be beneficial - you need advice on that, as VAT is another whole ball game.
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
Just going back to your original question, by VAT exempt do you mean dont pay VAT on fees?
at what point is Amazon saying you need to be VAT registered? A lot of emails they send out are standard ones that dont apply to most people, normally you wouldnt tell Amazon anything about VAT until you are VAT registered
Seller_vMsxjZPrdu6uI
@Marie_Naomi. After you made the sales in Germany and France you would have needed to make a declaration that you were not required to be VAT registered in those countries. You would have got a notification about this and an EMail and it would have asked you a series of questions, including ‘where you stock is stored’. Did you complete these declarations…if you did not, then it may be affecting you now
Edit - it would have said something like “comply with your German tax obligations now”
Seller_vMsxjZPrdu6uI
There’s a clue in that screenshot - complete your tax settings…
Seller_jPVhsLB60AXqD
Wish there was someone who has gone through this too. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Appreciate your time.
Seller_7VbclcPFFRTnc
Are you 100% sure that you never signed up for PAN EU ? it may have been something you overlooked and needed to opt out rather than opt in when signing up for FBA
Can an FBA seller on here tell the OP where to find return reports for EU FBA Returns please
@Kevanden @Kingstar @NEil
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
I cant find the posts now but weren’t there other people on the forum saying they couldnt sign up to that new invoice system because it didnt agree they were exempt?
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
@Marie_Naomi try Fulfilment Reports (amazon.com)
