Allegro, as the most popular e-commerce platform in Poland, has attracted more and more sellers to settle in, but it has also attracted great attention from the tax authorities due to its local status. Recently, the Polish tax authorities have launched an unprecedented tax audit on all Chinese sellers. For existing Allegro sellers, especially Chinese sellers, the following are some suggestions and precautions to ensure compliance and avoid potential tax issues.
1. Provide real data: To avoid tax problems, all Allegro sellers are requested to provide the most real data and ensure that no data is deleted or modified. The Polish tax authorities will obtain the original data directly from the Allegro platform for audit, so it is very important to provide real data.
2. Provide necessary documents: The Allegro platform requires sellers to provide three documents, including VAT report, VAT invoice and sales report. Among them, VAT report and VAT invoice represent the withholding part of the seller, which is sent to the seller’s email by the Allegro platform. Sellers must save these documents for inspection by the tax authorities.
The sales report is divided into two parts: order and lineItem. Sellers need to download it by themselves in the background. The download method is to pull the order to the lowest point and click to download the report.
3. Handle B2B orders with caution: For B2B orders, sellers must be cautious when invoicing. The platform or buyer may require the seller to issue a transaction invoice. The seller must ensure that the information on the invoice is accurate, truthfully declared, and cannot be deleted or modified. The tax bureau may check the seller based on the buyer’s declaration details for the same B2B order. Any inaccurate invoicing information or missing relevant declarations may lead to serious tax problems.
On the Allegro platform, audits like this are very common and very strict. The tax bureau will not pay for this part of the tax out of pocket, so sellers cannot take tax compliance requirements lightly. For the problems that may arise from inaccurate invoicing, especially in Europe, abandoning the account and not paying taxes is considered an illegal act. To avoid serious consequences, sellers must actively cooperate with the tax bureau’s inspection and ensure compliance operations.
In this wave of tax storms by the Polish tax bureau, sellers need to remain highly vigilant and strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations to ensure the steady development of their business on the Allegro platform.