Can Amazon ship without VAT? How to do it?

In recent years, the topic of cross-border e-commerce has been very popular. It has also attracted the attention of many sellers. Some of them chose to register and open stores on the Amazon platform. I would like to ask if you know whether Amazon can ship without VAT?

Sellers can choose to ship by themselves, but if the annual sales exceed 80,000 euros, they will also need to declare VAT. Therefore, the VAT number is very important for Amazon UK sellers. It is recommended that you must register first, and then if the platform requires it, you can pay the tax in time to avoid unnecessary impact on the store.

Amazon UK VAT requirements:

1. Sellers who want to do FBA or third-party overseas warehouses are required to register and pay VAT;

2. Domestic sellers of small packages who ship by themselves and whose annual sales exceed 80,000 Euros also need to register for VAT and declare and pay it.

3. If you ship from other European sites to the UK, VAT taxes will also need to be paid if sales reach 80,000 Euros.

Application process for VAT registration:

There are two channels for sellers on Amazon UK to register VAT: online registration and offline mail registration.

1) Online registration

You can complete the registration online by applying for an HMRC Gateway Account on the tax bureau's official website, and then use this account to make declarations in the future; the entire online registration process can be tracked and queried, and you can also apply to join the Flat Rate Scheme and Annual Accounting Scheme; and online registration can also apply for an EORI number and import VAT declaration at the same time, but sometimes when additional information is required, the tax bureau may mail paper information to your address, and the process is a bit slow. You can contact professional staff to help you quickly handle it.

2) Offline registration

Offline registration is completed by filling out a paper form and mailing it to the tax bureau. The tax bureau will send the VAT information to your Gateway Account or email, and you can use it to declare and pay taxes. If the information is complete and accurate, the tax bureau will mail the paper VAT certificate directly to your business address in China. You can then create a Gateway Account on the tax bureau's official website to declare and register based on the information on the certificate.

In fact, VAT sales tax and import tax are two independently paid taxes. You have paid the import tax of the goods when they are imported into the UK overseas warehouse, but you also need to pay the sales VAT generated when the goods are sold.

In other words, no matter whether you are using FBA or shipping by yourself, you must have a VAT number, otherwise Amazon UK will determine that you are in violation and impose penalties.

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