German Tax Certificate..... watch ASAP. This Answers the Cert issue
Hi, watch this short video, by a German Tax Accountant. He explains all in English.
Click the link, download the form and send it to Amazon DE and Amazon UK. Seller performance, Doug Gerr and whoever needs it, bombard Amazon !!!
Basically, to get the Cert you must be VAT Registered, you cannot be VAT registered unless you go over 100,000 Euro’s.
Amazon, you have got it wrong !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0-TwZoR8SI
Best Regards
David
German Tax Certificate..... watch ASAP. This Answers the Cert issue
Hi, watch this short video, by a German Tax Accountant. He explains all in English.
Click the link, download the form and send it to Amazon DE and Amazon UK. Seller performance, Doug Gerr and whoever needs it, bombard Amazon !!!
Basically, to get the Cert you must be VAT Registered, you cannot be VAT registered unless you go over 100,000 Euro’s.
Amazon, you have got it wrong !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0-TwZoR8SI
Best Regards
David
253 replies
Seller_hhC8fyMglvUmk
Hi, missed of the link for the declaration…
FREE DOWNLOAD OF DECLARATION: https://taxfba.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Declaration-Tax-Liability-22F-TaxFBA.pdf
I’ve already sent mine in to numerous departments.
Got a reply back from seller-performance@amazon.co.uk which says
Hello,
We appreciate your efforts to comply with our selling policies. We have updated your account with the information that you provided.
Sincerely,
Seller Performance Team
Best Regards
David
Seller_NjZRHAEYyre3T
If you are not based in Germany the threshold is lower for you to register for vat is it not? Also if you store stock in germany through FBA you will need to be vat registered in germany.
Seller_AennIxNXjiBGd
Further complications will occur when UK leaves the EU in March. I assume then ,all will need to register irrespective of turnover.
Unless of course some sort of trade deal is agreed that specifically addresses this.
Seller_CXiDpm7SIS3OI
I’m under the threshold - who do i send this form to? I just stumbled upon this thread! i thought It didn’t apply to me because I am under the threshold - it appears it does! So thanks for posting the form - who do I send it to? thanks
Seller_HNAfOHmB0ft30
Yep, I’m under threshold so German law categorically states (as he has just said) that i do not need to register for it… yet Amazon persist. So frustrating
Seller_G1PKKllhFr07V
I didn’t watch the video, but again: Amazon is Amazon and they have their own rules which may be more restrictive than legally required. Basically, by requiring the certificate, they are covering their a##, which is probably clever. Do you really think you can talk Amazon out of it, so they are accepting a financial/fiscal risk?
Seller_N9Cm4hbNpVfyS
I have contacted various Tax offices in Germany over this issue so far after my own UK based accountant advised me to do so.
Basically I outlined that I am VAT registered in the UK and well under the threshold in Germany. I sell across all the European marketplaces on Amazon, but stock is held and distributed from the UK via FBA, no stock is stores overseas.
Currently I have closed all German listings until this issue has been sorted out.
So far on basically stating all this to Steuerliches Info-Center , they replied
Dear Mr (NAME REMOVED),
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When a foreign company sells goods in Germany, it must register for VAT.
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Following tax authority is responsible for companies from the United Kingdom:
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Finanzamt Hannover-Nord
Vahrenwalder Str.206
30165 Hannover
Tel: +49 (0)511 67 900
Fax: +49 (0)511 67 90 60 90
I questioned this for clarification as I sell goods TO Germany not within, because simply it does not sound accurate, however they responded saying they could not respond and I was to contact Finanzamt Hannover-Nord whom deals with the UK and Irish regions, I have heard nothing yet from this department, however I will respond back as soon as I do, however I imagine they are inundated with everyone right now.
Seller_EIGBPAYhT1mVy
The video certainly clarifies it for me. I checked if it is possible to upload the declaration document where Amazon expects the tax certificate and found that its not possible as they expect you to provide a VAT/GST number.
I guess the only option would be to attempt to email it to seller central support… Really hoping someone whom has sent it in can let us know of the outcome…
Seller_saK5Ah2SaNYjL
Not entirely accurate. We are under €100K but have German VAT registration and file German VAT returns monthly. You have to register for German VAT if you are over €100K but you can register if you are under.
Seller_sFEUMUfeW5484
Let’s not confuse what the law is and what Amazon require. They are in this case and in general very different things.
