Making VAT payments

Payment Procedure

After your VAT filings have been generated by your tax agent, you will be able to see your VAT payment due and the payment deadline for each respective country on the VAT Services on Amazon portal. Please ensure that:

1. For all VAT payments to the authorities, you must provide the correct reference number during transfer, which has been provided by your tax agent in the payment instructions on the VAT Services on Amazon portal; and,
2. Your VAT payment reaches the tax authorities before the deadline.

Payment deadlines

The payment for your VAT returns should reach the relevant tax authority by the filing submission deadline at the latest. The table below sets out the VAT return deadlines for each country. Please note that these deadlines might change each month, and you should always use the payment deadline and payment instructions prepared by your tax agent, available on the VAT Services on Amazon portal, in order to make your VAT payments.

Country	VAT return deadline
Czech Republic	25th of the month following the end of the VAT return period
France	19th of the month following the end of the VAT return period
Germany	10th of the month following the end of the VAT return period
Italy	14th of the month following the end of the VAT return period
Poland	25th of the month following the end of the VAT return period
Spain	23rd of the month following the end of the VAT return period
United Kingdom	31st of the month following the end of the VAT return period

VAT payment to the UK, Italy, Germany, Poland, France, Spain and the Czech Republic

Transfer the VAT payment to the bank account numbers provided for the tax authorities of the relevant country. Click View Payment Instructions to view your bank account details.

VAT payment in France

For France, VAT payments should be made via Direct Debit. Once you have set up your Direct Debit for the first time, your VAT payments will be automatically debited from your account every month by the French tax authorities. Find out more about how to set up your direct debit in France.

VAT payment in Spain

For Spain, VAT payments must be made from a local Spanish bank account. By default, you will be able to use your tax agent’s Spanish bank account to make VAT payments to the Spanish tax authorities.

No action is needed from you to set up the account. Simply follow the payment instructions shown on the VAT Services on Amazon portal to transfer payments to the Spanish tax agent’s account, who will then make payment to the Spanish tax authorities.

What if I am in a repayment position for the period?

If your input VAT is greater than your output VAT in any given VAT return for one of your VAT Services on Amazon filing countries, then you are in a repayment position. If you are in a repayment position, the VAT liability amount in Seller Central will be shown as a negative number (that is, € -100). Some countries allow you to use the repayment amount as a credit against your future payment VAT payment amounts, while other countries will automatically provide you with a refund of the repayment amount.

Penalties for Late VAT Payments

The following table contains details of the general range of penalties levied by the tax authorities for late VAT payments. The application of penalties in case of infractions can be a complex and subjective legal matter, and higher penalties can apply under certain circumstances.

Country	Causes	Amounts
UK	Late VAT payment	Penalties generally range between 0% to 15% of the VAT liability.
Germany	Late VAT payment	Generally 1% of the unpaid VAT for each month that the payment is outstanding.
France	Late VAT payment	Penalties generally range between 0% to 40% of the VAT liability.
Spain	Late VAT payment	Penalties generally range between 5% to 25% of the VAT liability.
Poland	Late VAT payment	Interest on payment due
Czech Republic	Late VAT payment	Interest on payment due
Italy	Late VAT payment	Penalties generally range between 0% and 30%