VAT charges on Evri postage labels purchased through Amazon

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VAT charges on Evri postage labels purchased through Amazon

Not sure if any of you can help with this, but I am trying to claim back the VAT Amazon are charging on top of Evri postage labels (which already include VAT), as I’m VAT exempt. 

For starters, I’m under the impression that this not actually legal, but either way, I contacted Amazon to this effect in April last year, and was eventually refunded all of the VAT they had charged me up to that point.I’m now being told that this is not possible now due to some regulation that came in in August 2024 – though it sounds like this pertains to Amazon fees (not third-party postage)

For selling accounts with business established in countries in which AEU has a branch (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, and Sweden), you will be invoiced by your local AEU branch from August 1, 2024. As a result, local VAT rules will be applied to Amazon fees, "where required by law". This is an universal change that is applied to all sellers irrespective of VAT registered/unregistered status or previous exempt status. Selling Partner Support would not be able to provide you further guidance or information due to strict legal constrains. Please contact your tax advisor for further guidance on this. Change in selling services provider entity and seller tax treatment FAQ: https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/help/hub/reference/external/GN6Q7DU46WW26LUU Please note this is a government generated rule update and currently we, selling partner support are unable to do here anything else from our side as per policy.

Any ideas? I’m getting a “computer says no” approach from Seller Support! 

Thanks a lot...

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Seller_k2X0L9mVRT0pW

Amazon are correct - there is no longer such a thing as Vat exempt. They are required to charge Vat - if you were Vat UK registered you could of course reclaim it.

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Seller_ZVAz3d5lZuGid

If you are not VAT registered then you cannot reclaim any VAT.

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Seller_LSumc8PLQnriR

Thanks for the replies! I guess in a nutshell, what I'm asking is how can Amazon charge VAT on top of an Evri postage label, when it already includes VAT? Surely that isn't legal?

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