VAT is the abbreviation of “Value Added Tax”. VAT on Amazon UK is a topic often discussed by cross-border sellers, and it has attracted much attention on eBay and Amazon platforms. In the past two years, whether VAT is required on the European UK site and whether the account will be blocked if VAT is not provided have always been issues that small and medium-sized sellers have considered and worried about.
Many sellers have asked whether they need to provide a UK VAT number when registering on the European site? Is it okay not to provide a VAT number? During the registration process, Amazon does not force sellers to provide a VAT number, but after the registration is successful, if Amazon receives a notice from HMRC (British Revenue and Customs), it will send an email to notify the seller and ask the seller to provide a VAT number.
In fact, there have been sellers on the European site who have received emails from Amazon that the seller’s store cannot be sold temporarily because they did not provide the UK VAT number in time. There is only one way to solve this problem, that is, the seller must provide a VAT number and contact HMRC for relevant processing. Once HMRC notifies Amazon that their notice has been withdrawn, Amazon will allow sellers to continue selling. Therefore, Amazon sellers must comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the UK, and tax management must be standardized.