Hi,

I'm currently in a catch 22 situation with my VAT registration in Germany. Namely, the Tax authorities in DE are asking for some additional document to proceed with the registration which is a Seller Certificate from Amazon. They even included instruction on how to get it in Seller Central:

Amazon Certificate: Sellers can download the Seller Certificate in their Seller Central: Help -> Get support -> Selling on Amazon -> Spain and Germany VAT - Amazon seller certificate

I did the same, and got the following answer from Amazon support:

The requisites for obtaining Amazon Seller Certificate for Germany are that the Selling Partner:

1. has signed up for the Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) program in any European Amazon Marketplace; and

2. has shipped an item through FBA in any European Amazon Marketplace in the last year.

I am a new seller (US company) with a completely new account. That said, according to the EU or rather DE law I cannot hold, move or sell any inventory unless I'm VAT registered. And now, to get VAT registered I need a seller certificate, but to obtain it I need to ship an item through EU marketplace which I cannot do unless VAT registered.

Am I missing something out? Please advise on what to do in this case.

Thanks

Gav