My business partners and I would highly appreciate someone from Amazon to really help us here and correct this wrongdoing in Restricting our account for false VAT claims:

Account Health Case ID: 9856291392

In the performance notification on 26 May 2024 12:56 CEST, you wrote us:

"You will need to pay the VAT amount to Amazon for the historical unpaid VAT for the sales of goods delivered to customers in the UK on all sales from 1 January 2021, which fall under the UK VAT on eCommerce legislation. We will send you additional information regarding next steps, including payment options."

However, we had ZERO sales to UK customers long before you approved our new entity in the Republic of Cyprus in July 2023. That means NO Sales = NO VAT to the UK. Also, ZERO FBA inventory is stored in the UK for FBA or ours. So, there is no historical VAT due to UK customers, and we have all the documentation to prove this.

We have contacted twice your Amazon Health Account team, and in both calls, they confirmed that our non-UK establishment is still under investigation.

Secondly, asking us for sensitive data and documents of a company that is not operating this Amazon account anymore (the UK-based business) is not right.

We have already provided more than enough from them that you had on file already, and more from our current EU company.

This means accusing us of unpaid UK VAT for selling activity that is not there and EU VAT for an EU company that sells to EU customers. It simply does not make ANY sense, legally, tax-wise, and more.

Can one of the Amazon managers please help review my submission? I have had no response for many working days and the cashflow issue keeps growing, plus the huge impact in our sales.

We have provided all the documentation requested to prove all the above and more.

Thank you!

@Seller_Huz6FT08OxHAR @Seller_pcsb5w54JugEA @Seller_DNQGSsdC7DccM @Seller_VJ4XoAkjDpjPH @Seller_TSXM2A5nxWSuH

I kid you not, item delivered at 11:32 this morning, buyer filed an AtoZ claim at 12:01, I refunded seconds later, AtoZ granted against me?!

Amazon = incompetence personified.

Hi.

Something odd has been going on since February, just with individual sellers as far as I know. At that time, 'Express Delivery - UK (Exp UK Domestic)' became a default setting when listing new products (I sell books). The setting was pre-chosen for all new products and could not be turned off.

I realised that I had to manually choose 'Standard' and I began to do that, but occasionally, I still got orders for 'Express' because it was switched on, even though it was not my preference. Those orders say 'Expedited Shipping' in the email notifications.

The Express setting was turned on and greyed out, even though my shipping settings were set to Standard which means 'Delivery in 3 - 12 days' and Express showed as 'Express Delivery - UK: Delivery in 24 hours No'. These setting are set by choosing 'Shipping Settings', by clicking on the small cog-wheel icon on the right-hand top of the interface, at least on a desktop.

I had such an order just two days ago, but looking at my listings now, I can see that they seem to have defaulted back to 'Standard' I think I now have to go though many listings just to check if any remain available for 'Express'.

All in all, I have to say that I probably got some orders via 'Express' that I might not have gotten otherwise. I was disgruntled that I was forced to fulfil Express orders, but it was working in my advantage! I buy my postage through Amazon, which was another choice that I felt I was forced into, but that has also worked out quite well for me in fact! I have now learned that customers for high value books often like to pay a little extra to get them quickly.

There is an expensive, 'Guaranteed by 1pm Next Day' option for Royal Mail, and I may set some of my higher value books to that option for customers. My experience suggest it might work out well for me.

Best wishes

Alan

Hello Amazon Customer Service!

We are sorry to hear about the claim for the order "171-6526572-8380304". However, after we appealed the order, Amazon ruled against us, which we believe is unreasonable and unfair.On 22 May 2024, the customer requested to return the product, we approved the return request within 24 hours and provided a return address, Amazon has automatically generated a return label, and the customer, although returning the product according to this label, returned not our product, and the refund was automatically issued by Amazon as early as 4 June. The customer suddenly opened a claim on 17 June 2024, many days after the refund was issued, and the customer was automatically counted in the order defect rate after opening the claim. We think this judgement from Amazon is unreasonable and would appreciate Amazon's help in doing another review, thank you! @Robert_Amazon @Jim_Amazon @Tatiana_Amazon @Quincy_Amazon @KJ_Amazon

hello,

I would appreciate some help if possible.

I have had my UK selling account deactivated for almost 6 weeks due to a high ODR %. They seem to think I simply marked orders as sent without sending them

Since the account was deactivated, I have spoken to Amazon Account support staff almost 30 times. Each time they suggest adding new information to my appeal and still I continue to receive the same rejection template email.

I have provided explanations and documentation for everything that has been requested plus more.

Originally, I was asked to provide proof of delivery for last 30 days. Then 60 days. Then 90 days.

Not only have I provided detailed excel spreadsheets with orders going back last 6 months which include tracking numbers, delivery status, refund status if so and reason for this, but I have also supplied picture proof of over 100 deliveries. I have provided my Incorporation documents, banking information, POA and a letter from the courier.

As everything has failed thus far, I tried to escalate my case to the MD office but I keep getting the same rejection emails or no replies at all.

It seems as if Amazon no longer cares much about helping Sellers reactivate their accounts.

Any help would be appreciated as this has become very frustrating and tiresome.

I’ve had deactivations previously and they lasted anywhere between 4-18 months. It’s fair to say, I cannot afford to be waiting that long again without access to funds that are being held.

Regards

someone please help

@Seller_TSXM2A5nxWSuH

@Seller_hnDMgUKxMh1V4

@Seller_z3k8APxGfbQEK@Seller_TSXM2A5nxWSuH@Seller_fgtTzyHQfOM1x@Seller_mIRnuhdx7l5sN@Seller_gAhPNiLrkfTcr@Seller_hnDMgUKxMh1V4@Seller_XUNeUuvrQDpgP

I know you and your team provide excellent support on the forum. I am wondering if you could kindly help us

The massive FBA inventory will be removed after 60 days!!

I'll try to briefly state

→→We request a quick debit and activation of the account. Or prioritise the activation of the account.←←

What happened: On the 30th of April, the account was suddenly deactivated without any prior notice. Received this notice: [Hello.

Your Amazon seller account has been deactivated and your listings have been removed from the UK and all EU Amazon stores. Please continue to ship open orders and respond to customer inquiries to avoid further impact to your account.]

[mdri-exec-escalations@amazon.co.uk] We were told that we owed tax, but we paid it to the tax office on a monthly, quarterly, yearly, basis, and Amazon told us to pay the tax back to Amazon, and then settle ourselves for the tax that had once been paid to the tax office. It means we have to pay VAT twice, No comment on this matter.

On May 15th, we received the tax amount. On May 18th, we communicated with【 mdri-exec-escalations@amazon.co.uk 】Communicate to deduct money from the account balance, we have enough balance.

We have requested and urged multiple times during the process, hoping to deduct the amount and activate the account as soon as possible. And we have provided various materials for performance KYC、 Tax and other teams.

However, no effective response has been received so far.

However, time is urgent. You know, our FBA warehouse has a very large quantity of goods, and unsold items will be removed after 60 days, which is very dangerous and under tremendous pressure.

Please help to deduct taxes immediately and activate the account

I have a product which can come as a 1 pack and I have listed this with Amazon.

I also want to offer a two pack to be sold packaged together for slightly cheaper than the price of two sold individually.

Amazon keep putting me on to their 'specialist team' who misunderstand the issue and guide me to bundles or variations and the stop my ability to reply to the email!!!

Can anyone help?

Hello, I have been talking to amazon for weeks now about inventory that we sent that they claim the contents didnt arrive.

The next step would be to take them to small claims court. Has anyone done this before?

Just to explain what happened: we send boxes to Amazon on 1 May 2024 via their own UPS service. They were tracked and delivered. The boxes were 15kg each (two inner cartons) with 32 units per box (around 330g each). Totalling 64 units.

They started checking them in, then weeks passed and the checked in quantity stayed on 0. It then eventually said that the shipment was complete and that it was short by 64 units(!).

I made the online request on the shipment for a review, and they said they recounted the stock across the warehouse and found 3 extra products of ours, but a different SKU (I assume this was nothing to do with the shipment, but just three extra items after a re-count)

I contacted them and asked them to investigate, after two weeks they came back and said that the investigation was complete and that they didnt receive any goods. They scanned in the boxes, the boxes were 15kg each. So how on earth have no items been checked off. According to their logic the boxes must have been empty because, of course, they cant possibly have lost the stock or boxes somewhere.

Is the next step making a claim through the courts? Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi!

I have Finnish company, which is going to take care off all our sales in Amazon EU.

We have established subsidiary to UK (Registered to HMRC, owned 100% by our Finnish company) and that company is going to take care off all sales in UK. I already have 1 Seller Central account (directed to Finnish company) for EU sales.

I am not sure should i add our UK companys VAT number to current Seller Central account VAT listings or should I setup a new account for UK company? I have understanded that it's illegal to have 2 Seller Central accounts, especially if you are selling the same products.

Requesting a MOD help me get to the bottom of this. All of my listings have been made inactive in all of the European countries pending my identity verification. (We do millions a year on amazon UK+DE + rest of EU , so each day we are losing many thousands of dollars in revenue)

Amazon says you have 60 days to provide this information or your account will be disabled. Their first contact with me was May 21 2024, they disabled my account June 12, 2024. I have been dealing with this for over a week now. Each time they contact me, they ask for more documents without explanation. Why don't they just ask me for everything they need right away? Why did they go against their policy and disable my selling account before the 60 day period? Can a mod please help? I've had 7-8 calls to the account health team and they are zero help.

Timeline went as follows:

1. May 21, received first email requesting identity verification docs.
2. May 27, second email second email requesting identity verification docs.
3. May 28 I received a call and email. I said that I was on vacation from May 20-30 and would get to it as soon as possible. I noted in the emails it said I had 60 days.
4. June 12, account deactivated with (Action Required) Information needed for selling account. One of the following documents issued within the last 180 days:

-- A fictitious business name statement

-- A "doing business as" (DBA) document

-- A valid (not expired) business license

-- A document confirming payment of income tax or self-employment tax

I provided them with A EIN business license from the IRS, and a scanned copy of my passport. They asked for more.

5. June 12, Hours after I sent the EIN, they sent another email asking for more documents. Account is still deactivated. (Action Required) Information needed for selling account.

One of the following documents issued within the last 180 days:

-- A fictitious business name statement

-- A "doing business as" (DBA) document

-- A valid (not expired) business license

-- A document confirming payment of income tax or self-employment tax

I provided my DBA and a Bank account statement with my DBA in the title and my address and full name clearly stated on the PDF. The next day, they asked for more.

6. June 13th. They asked for a "Certified bank letter" with the following requirements.

-- The document must be dated within the last 180 days.

-- The document must show the bank name and the bank logo.

-- The document must be signed or stamped by the bank.

-- The document must include the account holder's name, residential address, and bank account number.

I went to my bank and they created a certified letter, stating my full name, my DBA, the full account name, and everything they provided on their certified letterhead. I even took a photo, holding up the letter, and my passport, inside the bank, and sent that as well.

7. June 17th. They asked for MORE documents. Address verification documents:

Here is what they are requesting. Keep in mind, I have already submitted my bank statement. So they are requesting the same document twice here.

For the primary contact person, provide a copy of a proof of address document. We can accept any of the following documents:

-- Council tax bill

-- Utility bill (gas, water, electricity, TV, internet, mobile phone, or landline)

-- Bank statement (Documents issued by a financial services provider, such as third-party providers or online digital banks, are not acceptable as a proof of address.)

-- Credit union or building society statement

-- Credit card statement or bill

-- Mortgage statement

-- Rent receipt from a local council or letting agent

-- Benefits agency letter (such as from the Department for Works & Pensions, Job Centre Plus, or Veterans Agency) confirming your rights to benefits

Ensure that the document meets the following criteria:

-- The document must show the individual’s name and residential address, as well as the provider’s logo.

-- The document must be dated within 180 days.

-- For a council tax bill only, the document must be valid for the current tax year.

-- The document must not be a screenshot.

-- The information in the document must match the information in your Seller Central account.

So I sent them a SCANNED copy, of my mortgage statement. Since they didn't accept the PDF download of my bank statement.

Based on amazon's own policy, it would appear my account was disabled before it should have. Not to mention the ridiculous amount of documents they are asking for. Every email, I give them what they want. Why are they asking for more? Why not just ask for it all at once? What else do they need from me? What will they ask for next? DNA sample? At this point, I don't care what I have to do, I just need my account active so I can continue selling. It's not just the money lost, that I can never get back, its the ranking we lost, which will take weeks if not months to get back. The losses are staggering, and for an account of our size, to be going 4 days in-between contact, is blowing my mind.

I did not want to post, but I just don't know what more I can do, im losing my mind over this.