New UK seller VAT registration required?
Hello,
Hope everyone is well. I am a new UK seller and have recently opened a professional account. I have set this up as a Ltd company and have been sent my UTR number (not provided to amazon yet, not sure if I have to).
I have not listed anything as of yet, but I have had an email from Amazon which states:
Dear Seller,
You may be legally required to be VAT registered in the United Kingdom (UK) based on Seller Central settings.
Under UK law, all online marketplaces must prevent non-UK businesses that are storing products in the UK from offering products for sale after the marketplace becomes aware that the business is not meeting its UK VAT registration requirement.
Once you place inventory in the UK, you will be required to be VAT-registered and to upload your UK VAT number to Seller Central within 90 days.
I only intend to sell in the UK and my products will not be imported etc.
From what I understood, I need to register for VAT if I am close to 85k in sales.
Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated please. Can I continue selling without this in place? Is it something to do with my settings? Is there anyone in amazon I can contact regarding this?
Thanks
New UK seller VAT registration required?
Hello,
Hope everyone is well. I am a new UK seller and have recently opened a professional account. I have set this up as a Ltd company and have been sent my UTR number (not provided to amazon yet, not sure if I have to).
I have not listed anything as of yet, but I have had an email from Amazon which states:
Dear Seller,
You may be legally required to be VAT registered in the United Kingdom (UK) based on Seller Central settings.
Under UK law, all online marketplaces must prevent non-UK businesses that are storing products in the UK from offering products for sale after the marketplace becomes aware that the business is not meeting its UK VAT registration requirement.
Once you place inventory in the UK, you will be required to be VAT-registered and to upload your UK VAT number to Seller Central within 90 days.
I only intend to sell in the UK and my products will not be imported etc.
From what I understood, I need to register for VAT if I am close to 85k in sales.
Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated please. Can I continue selling without this in place? Is it something to do with my settings? Is there anyone in amazon I can contact regarding this?
Thanks
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Seller_DROodOAYHftnc
Do you actually live in UK ?
If not and you plan to store goods here in UK for FBA then you will need to be VAT registered regardless of your turnover. The £85K threshold only applies to UK residents.
As a new seller, can I ask, why did you set up a Ltd company straight away ? - was this after watching Youtube videos ?
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
Looks like you’ve randomly signed up from Mexico?
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
If you go to settings, account info, business information, is all the information in there yours/your limited company and are the bank details correct as yours?
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
You would normally have to send the articles of association and other companies house documents and also send a utility bill with the residential address on so it sounds like you havent got fully through verification yet. How long since you signed up / did the video verification?
I’m guessing (but might be wrong) that when you did the video verification it has been linked to Mexico as it says interview location Mexico.
Tagging some mods for you as they may be able to look at your account:
@Jessica @Abella_Amazon @Mary_Amazon @Xeno_Amazon @Ash_Amazon
Seller_NoMNQDGnEW5Bx
Hopefully a mod can help but in the meantime, have a look through the seller university while you cant list products and also take time to look at where you are going to source products from etc (appreciate you must have some if you were going to list at the weekend)
Seller_yk3kzHpjMMa4B
Hello @Voyage_Store_UK ,
I’m Mary from Amazon, here to assist you.
I understand that you have concerns related to VAT registration.
For further assistance please reach out to Support team by following the below pathway:
Help> Get support > selling on amazon > click on (Or, browse for your issue in the menu) > your account > other account issues > choose the contact method (Email, phone, chat)
Please review the Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement help page for more information.
If you need any further assistance, you can post here so that we or any of the sellers on forum can help you.
Regards,
Mary
Seller_Ymjkr2zdOv5lb
I have had the same issue. I have only recently opened my business too.
We had to get in touch with Amazon and send over our documents (like incorporation certificates etc). They quickly took off the VAT and stuff so just get in touch with Amazon, provide them with the docs they ask and it should be fine. I got mine sorted literally this morning.
Seller_YjCwCmrdYNXmU
No need to register for VAT until you exceed 85K in any 12 month rolling period
Seller_R7fEtdxFlV1o6
hello
hope everyone is well i am a new uk seller recently i form a uk company by hmrc but still i didnt get a UTR number i only got my company article…
can i do wholesale in uk without vat registration?
Seller_04cJjzlaM3hoy
Hi all,
hope everyone is well…
I have been having issues trying to resolve this, Initially I opened a case with seller support UK, I have been getting a reply, but it seems that support staff are not understanding my issue, even after providing screenshots and explaining my issue with basic language/English.
I have spoken to someone, and they said they cannot help as they do not deal with VAT, I then had another message from seller support which said I need to contact Amazon USA to get this issue rectified. I have messaged seller support USA regarding my issue and they have just closed the log and put ‘Answered’.
Does anyone have an email address/other contact methods to speak to Amazon. I am trying to get this rectified ASAP before listing. It’s becoming frustrating that no one understands my issue. I just seem to be going in circles with this.
To keep it short, I have opened a UK seller account, TAX information RFC is in Mexico.
Any help would/guidance would be appreciated. Any email address of someone who can help please?
Thanks
