Non-Uk Establishment
Hi,
Regarding the non-UK establishment, I'm the director of my company but living outside the UK. I'm not a citizen of the United Kingdom But my business running in the UK I have an LTD and VAT Certificate, Lease Agreement, Supplier Invoices, and proof to be declare that my business is running from the physical address
I don't have a PAYE document Nor a UK PASSPORT or driving License can someone please let me know how to deal with this situation are those documents enough to be declared as my business is operating from Physical address or do I need a UK passport for this It's still confusing for me that what kind of documents will approved
11 replies
Seller_RlZVPg3d6ZUGP
How do you pay yourself from your Ltd?
Seller_d8YGbIjNqwFxn
If you are running your company from a physical address in the UK then you must have employees who run the business at that physical address? If so you must be paying them using PAYE, so you should have that certificate.
Or as you are based in Ireland do you come across the border to Northern Ireland to run your company and you don't have any employees?
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
You don't pay yourself any money from your business and you have a location in the UK that you are running a business from, but no-one works there?
Seller_qdUY4tLlNCZW5
Yes, Because Supplier dispatch the goods directly from the warehouse
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
Right...so far we know you have a supplier and you are dropshipping (I've assumed in line with Amazon rules).
So going back to your original post....
But my business running in the UK I have an LTD and VAT Certificate, Lease Agreement, Supplier Invoices, and proof to be declare that my business is running from the physical address
...what's going on at your stated UK business address?
Seller_qdUY4tLlNCZW5
No you are assuming wrong I will explain you
Seller_RlZVPg3d6ZUGP
So rather than people guessing, perhaps tell us how it works and people can help
Seller_19xPhE8YgkmxW
Hello ,
This is what another seller in a similar situation wrote (I don't know if this is any help):
"Our company is UK based but technically because the seat of executive management is in Belgium HMRC sees us as non-UK for VAT and UK for everything else.
When we started on Amazon in 2021 we asked them to collect VAT on our behalf as per the VAT legislation of 1/1/2021 and they actively refused to do so. We were in contact with HMRC at the time, and they were surprised but told us to then pay VAT directly as Amazon refused to collect VAT as they were expected to do so.
Amazon hit us with the VAT bill for "owed VAT" back in September and we have been running the gauntlet trying to resolve this issue while trying not to let it kill us through an unexpected cashflow shortage...
Since the robots at Amazon weren't helping, we approached HMRC who also didn't help (because they couldn't understand the issue), so we just filed a tax return with a claim for a refund of all VAT on Amazon income since 2021. This got HMRC's attention, and we had a partial audit.
Our case worker at HMRC couldn't believe this process where HMRC would give back money to us, to give to Amazon, to give back to HMRC - we agree, it's insanity. Regardless, HMRC eventually agreed and issued a refund, after we agreed to sign an agreement that we would pay the amount being credited directly to Amazon and provide HMRC with proof of payment. The terms of this agreement were essentially via another procedure, outlined in HMRC notice 700/45, related to unjust enrichment and the reimbursement scheme.
We received our refund and have paid our "owed" VAT to back to Amazon, providing proof of payment to HMRC.
We are still waiting for Amazon to "review the payment" and unlock disbursements. No idea how long this will take.
We are also demanding Amazon provide us with a breakdown of how they came to the VAT total, and it doesn't match the invoices they generated during that period, nor their VAT transaction report, nor for payment statements, all three of which provide conflicting VAT total amounts!"
Hope that's close enough to your situation to be a help.
Personally, I know nothing about this, sorry
Brian
PS is your warehouse in the UK and are they shipping the goods to UK buyers?
Seller_yk3kzHpjMMa4B
Hello @Seller_qdUY4tLlNCZW5,
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 Agreementhelp page for more information.
If you need any further assistance, you can post here so that we can help you.
Regards,
Mary
