Do Amazon European stores need to pay taxes? How to file taxes?

Many friends who are doing domestic e-commerce usually do not take the initiative to report taxes. Amazon is a cross-border e-commerce company. If you run an Amazon store, you can choose a suitable site. So, do Amazon's European stores need to pay taxes? The answer is given below.

Do Amazon European stores have to pay taxes?

Of course, you have to pay taxes. Amazon needs to pay the following taxes when opening a store:

1. Sales Tax

Known as a "sales tax," it's a simple one-time tax collected at the time of a purchase. The money goes from the consumer to the seller, and then to the government: ultimately. This form of sales tax exists across the United States, determined by state and local governments. (In the United States, there is no across-the-board national sales tax.)

Sales tax in the United States is very complex because each state and local jurisdiction can decide their own various rules.

2. Value Added Tax

Value Added Tax (VAT) is a type of consumption tax that is levied at every stage of production. At each stage, the value of the good or service is increased. This increase, the "value added", is taxed. The great thing is that as a business owner, you can reclaim any VAT you paid in the production chain. Only the final consumer has to pay out of pocket.

Typically, VAT works like this: You pay a small amount of VAT to other businesses that help you make your products. These small amounts of VAT are called "input tax," and you get credit for each input tax you pay.

Every sale you make on Amazon has the appropriate VAT rate added to the transaction. The customer pays the tax to you.

At the end of the season, once you've collected VAT from all your customers ("output tax"), you're ready to send the VAT to the government. But first, you deduct any input tax from the total so the money is in your pocket.

3. Goods and Services Tax

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is also levied at each step of the supply chain. However, unlike VAT, GST is charged regardless of the value added. It is usually just a fixed percentage of the transaction.

Typically, the way GST works is this: businesses are charged at every stage of the manufacturing process and the end customer at the point of sale. The GST is then refunded to everyone (except the end user) through tax credits.

How to file tax?

In most countries, you can declare tax by registering a VAT tax number with store information and company information. A small number of countries implement a tax representative system, which requires sellers to find a local accounting firm with relevant qualifications as the seller's tax representative to file tax returns with the tax bureau.

In addition, most places provide online tax registration. Sellers can apply for their own tax registration number and file their own tax returns through the online portal website. However, it should be noted that taxation has a certain professional nature. If sellers make mistakes during the tax filing and payment period, it may lead to tax non-compliance.

Amazon stores also need to pay taxes, and there are many types of taxes to pay. Merchants must prepare reports and pay taxes according to the law. This is the basic obligation of Chinese citizens. However, the amount of tax paid is also linked to our turnover.

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