European countries are almost all places with very complete tax systems;

There is a saying: the Mafia will collect taxes in the UK;

We Chinese cross-border e-commerce sellers, because the company address is often in China

through Internet technology, that is: cross-border e-commerce Amazon platform sales;

We are non-EU companies, and we sell in the EU;

Amazon is divided into self-delivery and overseas warehouse FBA delivery;

Many sellers in Henan and Shanxi do Amazon, mainly for distribution

They all think that there is no need to pay taxes in the European market

This is a lack of understanding of tax policies;

Sellers who ship from China themselves, with a cumulative sales volume of more than 70,000 pounds in 12 months,

also need to register for VAT and declare and pay sales tax in accordance with regulations.

Next is Guangdong, especially Shenzhen, which has a large number of FBA delivery models.

As long as you use local warehouses in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, you need to register the tax number of that country.

Amazon’s pan-European plan is actually a pitfall.

The platform places your products in the above 5 countries respectively.

It means that you have to register the tax numbers of 5 countries at the same time and file taxes every month or quarter.

It is not only troublesome, but also very time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Therefore, it is recommended that you use the EFN plan.

EFN means that the seller authorizes Amazon to place the product in only one country.

Usually, it is placed in the UK or Germany.

If there are orders from other countries, all of them will be shipped from the UK or Germany.

The seller only needs to pay the cross-border delivery fee for each order.

This is actual combat experience!

Therefore, a VAT number is necessary for Amazon Europe

But from the initial stage

You can just register a VAT number;