Help! Amazon Won’t Let Me Ship Without VAT Number (But I’m Not Registered)
I’m a new UK-based sole trader preparing to send in my first shipment. My turnover is well below the £90,000 threshold, so I’m not VAT registered (and according to gov.uk, I don’t need to be yet). I’ve also applied for my EORI number, which doesn’t require a VAT number.
However, when I try to create the shipment in Amazon Seller Central, it won’t let me proceed without entering a UK VAT number. I’m confused- do I really have to register for VAT just to ship my products? Or is there a way to bypass this step?
Has anyone else run into this?
Help! Amazon Won’t Let Me Ship Without VAT Number (But I’m Not Registered)
I’m a new UK-based sole trader preparing to send in my first shipment. My turnover is well below the £90,000 threshold, so I’m not VAT registered (and according to gov.uk, I don’t need to be yet). I’ve also applied for my EORI number, which doesn’t require a VAT number.
However, when I try to create the shipment in Amazon Seller Central, it won’t let me proceed without entering a UK VAT number. I’m confused- do I really have to register for VAT just to ship my products? Or is there a way to bypass this step?
Has anyone else run into this?
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If you are below the threshold then no, you do not need to be VAT registered. Have you by any chance used a virtual address for registering with Amazon ? - if so it might be that as Amazon seems to assume that if you are using a virtual UK address that you might not actually be a UK resident.
