Following the cancellation of the tax certificate change notice in Germany on April 27th, Amazon Germany sellers should pay attention! Check if the company name and address registered on the Amazon Germany site are "roughly" the same as those shown on the German VAT/tax certificate.
Log in to the Amazon backend and check through [Setting] - [Account Information] - [Business Address].
New German tax regulations
From July 1, 2021, in the EU VAT Information Exchange System (VIES), the seller's German VAT registered company name and business address will be displayed in the seller's VAT tax code query starting with DE (currently the query is not displayed).
If the seller's company name is inconsistent with the company name shown in VIES, it will be rejected by the amazon system for DE tax number, and then you need to contact the tax agent to find the tax office to correct it. For example, if the company name is written differently in Chinese Pinyin and English, or if there are missing characters or extra strings, etc., they will be recognized as inconsistent.
Amazon will periodically check whether the seller's VAT number is valid through its internal system; once the seller's VAT number is "invalid", the back-end "Tax Settings" will show that the VAT number validation failed or "Not Applicable", and the store may be closed on July 1, 2021. Once the seller's VAT number is verified as "invalid", the back-end "Tax Settings" will indicate that the VAT number has failed to be verified or is "not applicable", and the store may be closed on July 1, 2021
Why is the DE VAT registered address not exactly the same as the Amazon Germany account back office business address?
Because the German tax system has a character limit for company names and addresses, we often find that the address shown on the German VAT DE certificate/tax certificate will be adjusted to the alphabetical order, or abbreviated, or incomplete display of the letters at the end. Therefore, even if we submit complete address information, the certificates may not be exactly the same.
However, if the company name and address registered in Amazon's back office are in Hanyu Pinyin, while the DE VAT registration information is in English translation, and the Hanyu Pinyin and English writing styles are obviously not the same, it is recommended to contact the tax agent to change the address of the certificate.
What should I do if I change the company name/address on my business license?
Although we believe that China's Industrial and Commercial Bureau registration change information, rarely will be Amazon check, but before there are a few sellers to give us feedback on China's Industrial and Commercial Bureau of business abnormal information is also notified by the Amazon situation.
Therefore, from the security consideration, it is recommended that if the business license of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau has been changed sellers, you can comprehensively assess whether to consider taking the initiative to trigger the KYC to the Amazon backstage company name Legal Business Name and business address Business Address to change to the latest.
Recently, there is a real case, the seller in the opening of other sites, provide the old business license was rejected, because Amazon verified that the seller to provide the business license on the company name, address and other information and the national enterprise credit information publicity system shows that the enterprise information is not consistent.
The implementation of the new EU tax law will mean that the tax authorities of various countries will be more stringent in registering tax codes and filing tax returns and investigations. Major platforms are striving to build a fair and healthy operating environment for global sellers, and are also actively promoting tax compliance in various countries to realize the long-term and sustainable development of the cross-border e-commerce industry. Green Circle, as a local accounting firm in the UK, continues to pay attention to the policies of EU countries and platforms to bring you first-hand tax information, please pay attention to us and consult Green Circle's dedicated account managers.
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