Non-Established for Tax Purposes - payouts with-held

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone can help or advise with this issue.

Basically we received a message from Amazon 6 weeks ago saying that HMRC had told them we were NETP (Non-Established for Tax Purposes in the UK). Amazon have put a hold on our payouts until this is resolved.

We agreed with this assessment and told Amazon that they can start collecting VAT for sales dating from 1st January 2025. We have been remitting VAT direct to HMRC on all sales since were were VAT registered in September 2012.

However, Amazon are insisting that they have to take the VAT liability calculation back to June 2021 and that we have to claim this VAT back from HMRC, then remit to Amazon, who will, in turn, remit to HMRC. It seems a very cumbersome way of doing things, but HMRC confirmed that this is the only way to do it, so it is what it is.

Our issue is that in order for us to reclaim this VAT, we need a quarterly breakdown from Amazon for each quarter's VAT amount to show how they got to the VAT liability figure they say we owe. Our accountant has asked us to get this breakdown, I asked Amazon last Thursday for this information and received a 'bounce back' style e-mail that says 'We have contacted our internal team for information regarding your issue', but it's been almost a week with no response.

Our balance in Amazon is now approaching 500,000 GBP and we are beginning to struggle to pay bills and order new stock. Account health call backs don't help at all as they don't understand the issue and I am not receiving any responses from the e-mail addresses I have been told to message. It's really frustrating.

Any help or advice?