Tax number registration has become a necessary condition for cross-border sellers. When you want to enter the French market, you need to obtain a French VAT tax number first. However, there are many tax agents on the market now. Only those who have mastered the European VAT registration method In order to effectively avoid being deceived, let’s learn how to apply for VAT in France?
1. Information required for French VAT registration.
1. Enterprise business license.
2. The passports and ID cards of shareholders and corporate directors need to be translated.
3. If you are a company in mainland China, you need to provide the company’s latest legal persondirector certificate. If you are a local company in Hong Kong and the EU, you need to provide the company’s certificate of existence, good reputation and other information. Please pay attention to business matters. Screenshot of body registration.
4. European bank account number.
5. At least two proofs of the legal person’s address, such as water, electricity and gas bills, real estate certificates, marriage certificates, divorce certificates, birth certificates and house mortgage documents, etc. are required.
In addition to the above basic information, sellers also need to provide screenshots of the e-commerce trading platform, trading platform and platform account number. This information is the company name and registered address displayed on the platform exchange.
2. How to apply for French VAT (Chinese company).
1. Provide data. Sales data and remote information forms need to be provided to the tax agent every month. The tax agent will calculate the taxes that should be paid this month based on the data and remote information provided.
2. Payment. After confirming that the tax amount is correct, the tax agent will guide the payment. Once the payment is completed, the payment slip needs to be provided to the tax agent. When the tax amount is confirmed to be received, the tax agent will make the declaration.
3. The application is completed. After the declaration is completed, the tax agent will provide a declaration receipt, and you need to confirm whether the declaration has been made. Once the declaration receipt is received, this month’s declaration is officially completed.
3. Matters needing attention when applying for VAT in France.
1. After registering, French VAT sellers must note that each VAT tax number is unique. Sellers should apply for a real and valid VAT tax number. If a VAT tax number is bound to multiple accounts, it will cause If the accounts are related, Amazon will consider these accounts to belong to the same operator or the same company, and there will be joint risks for multiple accounts.
2. French declarations are made twelve times a year. After the seller applies for French VAT, he must declare it truthfully and on time, otherwise the seller may be punished by the French tax bureau.
The above introduction is related to how to apply for French VAT. As France has implemented large-scale bans on stores without French VAT tax numbers in recent years, for cross-border sellers, VAT declaration is becoming more and more important. It is getting more and more important. For the long-term development of the store, cross-border sellers need to rationalize their operations as soon as possible. During the VAT application process, you must pay attention to that each VAT number is unique. If a VAT number is bound to multiple accounts, it may cause correlation. There are certain risks for sellers. In addition, after applying for VAT, you must declare it truthfully and on time within the time limit, otherwise it will cause a series of risks such as tax seizures and fines.