Amazon seller news

What Amazon's latest changes mean for your books

Fee changes, VAT updates and new compliance rules from Amazon Seller Central — explained for UK sellers, with the bookkeeping impact spelled out.

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Fees

FBA New Selection: free storage, removals and a 5% rebate for new products

New-to-FBA products got 90 days' free storage, 180 days' free removals and (for registered brands) a 5% rebate against fulfilment fees; liquidations replaced disposals from January 2024.

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Compliance

Germany's packaging EPR: Amazon requires a LUCID number from July 2022

From July 2022, sellers on Amazon.de needed a German LUCID packaging registration; Amazon blocked non-compliant listings from 15 June 2022.

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Fees

Amazon extends its 7% referral rate on Prime clothing above £40

The 7% referral fee on the part of a Prime clothing, shoes or bags price above £40 (€45) was extended to 31 March 2023.

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Fees

Amazon's 2022 European fee changes and first fuel and inflation surcharge

New FBA size tiers and dimensional weight for oversize items from 31 March 2022, then a 4.3% fuel and inflation surcharge from 12 May (about 10p per UK unit).

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Payments

Amazon's deferred transactions and delivery-date reserves explained

Under Amazon's delivery-date reserve, some order money is paid later; deferred orders appear in settlement reports only once released.

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Fees

Amazon introduces processing and referral fees on FBA Liquidations

From 8 September 2021, FBA Liquidations charged a per-item processing fee and referral fee; sellers typically recovered 5–20% of the average sales price.

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Fees

Amazon changes how Professional plan subscription fees are billed across regions

From August 2021, Professional plan fees for merged global accounts were split across regions in local currencies, billed on one day, still capped at US$39.99 a month in total.

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Payments

Amazon's 2021 changes to seller-fulfilled returns: partial refunds and returnless refunds

From August 2021, partial refunds on seller-fulfilled returns needed grading and a photo; from October 2021, cross-border orders under £20 (€25) with no local return address got returnless refunds.

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VAT & tax

Amazon may buy your FBA products to sell in other countries

Amazon may purchase your FBA stock at your listed price to sell in other countries' stores, issuing self-billed VAT invoices you must keep; opting out is free.

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Fees

Amazon's 2021 changes to FBA Small and Light

2021 Small and Light changes: new envelope tiers and fees from 8 June (from 60p in the UK), per-unit barcodes, an 8p UK label fee from November and looser eligibility.

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Let Amazon's changes flow into Xero automatically

TrueBooks posts every Amazon settlement to Xero with the right UK VAT codes — new fees, reserve changes and all — so your books stay right whatever Amazon changes next.

TrueBooks is an independent product and is not affiliated with Amazon. Each article links to Amazon's original announcement. General information, not tax advice.

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