Do I need to pay tax?
Hello Sellers,
I need some help.
I am planning to sell products on Amazon UK which are made and shipped from another EU country. The products are made by a family business so I am not purchasing them and I do not keep all the profit from sales. How does paying taxes look like in this situation.
Thanks.
Do I need to pay tax?
Hello Sellers,
I need some help.
I am planning to sell products on Amazon UK which are made and shipped from another EU country. The products are made by a family business so I am not purchasing them and I do not keep all the profit from sales. How does paying taxes look like in this situation.
Thanks.
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If it’s your account, then you’re the seller of record to the buyers. This means for each sale you’d have a few transactions:
- Buyer pays you
- Amazon takes fee
- You pay the “family business” for the item (plus postage?)
- You keep the remainder
Number 1 is income, Numbers 2 and 3 are expenses and number 4 if your profit.
If you’re based in the UK, then HMRC don’t require you to register as self-employed until you have (or expect to have) £1,000 (Edit: gross income) in a tax year. It would be safest to register anyway as Amazon require proof of registration with HMRC if you’re operating as a business (e.g. buying stock to resell, or acting as a middle man).
Note also Amazon’s policies about dropshipping: https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/gp/help/help.html?itemID=G201808410&ref=efph_G201808410_cont_521
If it is their seller account and you’re operating it for them, then the following would apply:
- Customer pays them
- Amazon takes fee
- They ship the item
- Remainder is their profit
- They pay you whatever fee you’ve agreed
You don’t need to worry about items 1-4, and only need to account for item 5.