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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VAT & tax

The EU's July 2021 VAT e-commerce rules and what they meant on Amazon

From 1 July 2021, Amazon collected EU VAT on consumer sales by non-EU sellers (IOSS imports up to €150 and EU-stored stock); distance-selling thresholds were replaced by OSS.

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VAT & tax

Germany's VAT number rules for Amazon sellers, 2021–2022

From 1 July 2021, a German or EU VAT number replaced the §22f certificate for sellers needing German VAT registration; from 2022 name and address had to match BZSt records.

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Fees

Amazon.pl launches with a year of reduced referral fees

Amazon.pl opened on 2 March 2021 with 12 months of lower referral fees, e.g. 10% (from 15%) for Home & Kitchen and 5% (from 7%) for electronics.

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Payments

Amazon's Payment Service Provider programme: where your payouts can go

Sellers paid through a payment service provider had to use an approved PSP; others faced a 21-day reserve from 31 May 2021 and no payouts from 15 July 2021.

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Fees

Amazon's 2021 fee relief: cheaper returns processing and delayed fee changes

From 1 March 2021, no returns processing fee on watches and jewellery, and clothing, shoes and handbags charged 50% of the fulfilment fee; annual fee changes delayed to June.

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VAT & tax

Amazon's Invoice Defect Rate: the 5% rule for business orders

Since April 2021, sellers must provide a downloadable invoice or receipt for at least 95% of Amazon Business orders within one business day, or risk deactivation.

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VAT & tax

Brexit and Amazon: the UK VAT and cross-border changes of January 2021

From 1 January 2021, Amazon collected UK VAT on imports up to £135 and on overseas sellers' UK stock; UK–EU Pan-EU transfers and cross-border EFN ended.

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Payments

Amazon Currency Converter for Sellers moves to volume-based fees

ACCS switched from a flat fee to volume-based rates as low as 0.75%, recalculated monthly on the previous 12 months' volume.

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Payments

Amazon's Disbursements page and the move to flat file V2 settlement reports

Track payouts on the Disbursements page (with bank Trace IDs); since March 2022 settlement reports come only in flat file V2 format.

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Fees

Amazon raises UK fees by 2% after the Digital Services Tax

From 1 September 2020, UK referral, FBA, monthly storage and MCF fees rose 2% to pass on the UK Digital Services Tax.

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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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