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Amazon's Digital Services Fee: What Changed for UK Sellers in March 2026

Announced by Amazon on 17 February 2026, effective 20 March 2026. It affects UK sellers who sell in the French, Italian or Spanish stores.

Last updated: 19 September 2026

In brief: the digital services fee is Amazon's way of passing on the digital services taxes some governments charge it. From 20 March 2026 Amazon bases the fee on the tax rate of the country where the sale happens. For a seller established in the UK, that means an extra 3% on selling fees and FBA fees for sales made in Amazon's France, Italy and Spain stores.

Who pays what from 20 March 2026

Where your business is established	3% applies to	For sales in
United Kingdom	Selling fees and FBA fees	France, Italy, Spain
Italy or Spain	Selling fees and FBA fees	UK, France
Anywhere else	Selling fees (all three) and FBA fees (France only)	France, Italy, Spain

The fee is added on top of Amazon's fees, not your sale price. You can check it for a product in the Revenue Calculator in Seller Central.

A worked example

A UK seller's Amazon.fr sales in a month generate €2,000 of referral fees and €1,500 of FBA fees. The digital services fee is 3% of €3,500: €105. Sales on Amazon.co.uk aren't covered by this change.

What it means for your bookkeeping

Track it separately. The digital services fee appears as its own line in settlements. Posting it to its own account shows how much selling in each EU store really costs, which matters when deciding whether a marketplace is worth it.
Check the VAT on Amazon's invoice. Take the VAT treatment from Amazon's fee invoice for each store rather than assuming it matches your UK fees.
Recheck your EU margins. 3% of fees sounds small, but on low-margin products sold through FBA in France, Italy or Spain it can be the difference between profit and loss.

Do you need to do anything?

No action is needed for the fee to apply. It's worth rerunning the Revenue Calculator for your EU best-sellers and reviewing prices where margins are thin.

How TrueBooks handles it

TrueBooks posts the digital services fee as its own line in each settlement, keeps every marketplace in its own currency, and shows profit by marketplace, so you can see the effect on your French, Italian and Spanish sales. See the Amazon Xero integration.

Source: Amazon Seller Central announcement, 17 February 2026. TrueBooks is independent and not affiliated with Amazon. General information, not tax advice.