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VAT Query - VAT exempt products

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I’m hoping someone can help me. Next week I will completing my VAT registration application.

When I change my VAT status on Amazon, I’m guessing customers will then be charged VAT on my products.

However, I sell some products which are VAT exempt (food related items). Is there a way you can have VAT on some of your items but not on others?

I can’t find anything about this in Seller University or previous posts.

Thanks for your help,

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Seller_A4clBfzN2yKfJ

VAT Query - VAT exempt products

Hi

I’m hoping someone can help me. Next week I will completing my VAT registration application.

When I change my VAT status on Amazon, I’m guessing customers will then be charged VAT on my products.

However, I sell some products which are VAT exempt (food related items). Is there a way you can have VAT on some of your items but not on others?

I can’t find anything about this in Seller University or previous posts.

Thanks for your help,

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Customers will be charged VAT on purchases from the moment you receive your VAT number.

Edit - I point this out because once you are VAT registered, any sale you make to a customer based in the UK will be a sale in scope for VAT - meaning that it will either have 0%, 5% or 20% VAT on it. Whether you change anything on Amazon or not is actually irrelevant to that point. The listing you sold on yesterday for £10.00 when you were not VAT registered is now £10.00 including VAT - unless you change the offer price.

On Amazon it is important to note that the price you set on your offer against a listing is the price including any applicable taxes. Amazon will not add VAT to your existing offers.

So your process needs to be to edit each of your listings to have the correct VAT code and the correct final selling price including VAT if applicable.

You may also want to look into using Amazon VAT calculation services to have Amazon raise customer VAT invoices on your behalf.

Edit - my last pedantic point - it is unlikely you are selling anything that is VAT exempt - technically they are zero-rated items. They are in scope of VAT but zero-rated. This is important sometimes because they still count towards threshold calculations.

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Seller_A4clBfzN2yKfJ

VAT Query - VAT exempt products

Hi

I’m hoping someone can help me. Next week I will completing my VAT registration application.

When I change my VAT status on Amazon, I’m guessing customers will then be charged VAT on my products.

However, I sell some products which are VAT exempt (food related items). Is there a way you can have VAT on some of your items but not on others?

I can’t find anything about this in Seller University or previous posts.

Thanks for your help,

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VAT Query - VAT exempt products

Hi

I’m hoping someone can help me. Next week I will completing my VAT registration application.

When I change my VAT status on Amazon, I’m guessing customers will then be charged VAT on my products.

However, I sell some products which are VAT exempt (food related items). Is there a way you can have VAT on some of your items but not on others?

I can’t find anything about this in Seller University or previous posts.

Thanks for your help,

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VAT Query - VAT exempt products

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Hi

I’m hoping someone can help me. Next week I will completing my VAT registration application.

When I change my VAT status on Amazon, I’m guessing customers will then be charged VAT on my products.

However, I sell some products which are VAT exempt (food related items). Is there a way you can have VAT on some of your items but not on others?

I can’t find anything about this in Seller University or previous posts.

Thanks for your help,

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In reply to: Seller_A4clBfzN2yKfJ’s post

Customers will be charged VAT on purchases from the moment you receive your VAT number.

Edit - I point this out because once you are VAT registered, any sale you make to a customer based in the UK will be a sale in scope for VAT - meaning that it will either have 0%, 5% or 20% VAT on it. Whether you change anything on Amazon or not is actually irrelevant to that point. The listing you sold on yesterday for £10.00 when you were not VAT registered is now £10.00 including VAT - unless you change the offer price.

On Amazon it is important to note that the price you set on your offer against a listing is the price including any applicable taxes. Amazon will not add VAT to your existing offers.

So your process needs to be to edit each of your listings to have the correct VAT code and the correct final selling price including VAT if applicable.

You may also want to look into using Amazon VAT calculation services to have Amazon raise customer VAT invoices on your behalf.

Edit - my last pedantic point - it is unlikely you are selling anything that is VAT exempt - technically they are zero-rated items. They are in scope of VAT but zero-rated. This is important sometimes because they still count towards threshold calculations.

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Yes, you go into each of the asins in your inventory and set the correct product tax code
https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/help/hub/reference/5HBSW6BSQL8K2YK

Using the relevant code

https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/help/hub/reference/G202088390

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Yes, you go into each of the asins in your inventory and set the correct product tax code
https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/help/hub/reference/5HBSW6BSQL8K2YK

Using the relevant code

https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/help/hub/reference/G202088390

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Seller_qZO3ZCjoBXEeL
In reply to: Seller_A4clBfzN2yKfJ’s post

Customers will be charged VAT on purchases from the moment you receive your VAT number.

Edit - I point this out because once you are VAT registered, any sale you make to a customer based in the UK will be a sale in scope for VAT - meaning that it will either have 0%, 5% or 20% VAT on it. Whether you change anything on Amazon or not is actually irrelevant to that point. The listing you sold on yesterday for £10.00 when you were not VAT registered is now £10.00 including VAT - unless you change the offer price.

On Amazon it is important to note that the price you set on your offer against a listing is the price including any applicable taxes. Amazon will not add VAT to your existing offers.

So your process needs to be to edit each of your listings to have the correct VAT code and the correct final selling price including VAT if applicable.

You may also want to look into using Amazon VAT calculation services to have Amazon raise customer VAT invoices on your behalf.

Edit - my last pedantic point - it is unlikely you are selling anything that is VAT exempt - technically they are zero-rated items. They are in scope of VAT but zero-rated. This is important sometimes because they still count towards threshold calculations.

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In reply to: Seller_A4clBfzN2yKfJ’s post

Customers will be charged VAT on purchases from the moment you receive your VAT number.

Edit - I point this out because once you are VAT registered, any sale you make to a customer based in the UK will be a sale in scope for VAT - meaning that it will either have 0%, 5% or 20% VAT on it. Whether you change anything on Amazon or not is actually irrelevant to that point. The listing you sold on yesterday for £10.00 when you were not VAT registered is now £10.00 including VAT - unless you change the offer price.

On Amazon it is important to note that the price you set on your offer against a listing is the price including any applicable taxes. Amazon will not add VAT to your existing offers.

So your process needs to be to edit each of your listings to have the correct VAT code and the correct final selling price including VAT if applicable.

You may also want to look into using Amazon VAT calculation services to have Amazon raise customer VAT invoices on your behalf.

Edit - my last pedantic point - it is unlikely you are selling anything that is VAT exempt - technically they are zero-rated items. They are in scope of VAT but zero-rated. This is important sometimes because they still count towards threshold calculations.

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