VAT Services on Amazon was offered as a convenient and cost-effective VAT compliance solution to handle your VAT registration and filing requirements across the EU. And it was a great service that many signed up to. Sadly, Amazon have informed sellers that this services is due to come to an end.
We continuously evaluate our programs and services to ensure they meet the evolving needs of our sellers. After careful consideration, we’ve decided to end the VAT Services on Amazon program on October 31, 2024.
– Amazon
VAT Services on Amazon would get you a free EORI number and register you for IOSS in at least one country, plus additional countries if you hold stock in EU FBA all at a reasonable cost. With the service coming to an end, Amazon are saying that you can continue to work with your current tax provider (e.g. Avask, Taxually etc) outside of VAT Services on Amazon for your VAT filing activities.
Bearing in mind, for most sellers this is simply paperwork as Amazon automatically collect VAT on overseas sales and submit it on your behalf, it’s yet another onerous bit of red tape paperwork that you need to ensure is completed.
Your current tax provider will will continue to manage your monthly or quarterly VAT filing with VAT Services on Amazon until the end-September 2024 filing period, due in October 2024. Afterwards, you’ll be automatically unsubscribed from VAT Services on Amazon.
Additionally, your current tax provider will manage all future VAT filings and charge you directly, starting with your October VAT filing, due in November 2024 for monthly or January 2025 for quarterly filing. They will offer a price of 350€ (excluding VAT) filing fees per country per year, with no transfer fee (prices applicable till the 31st of December). You will want to check what fees your provider will charge moving forward!
You can download any VAT documents (for example. VAT registration certificates, proofs of filing, and registration documents) from Seller Central until the 31st of August 2025. New VAT returns filed after October 31, 2024, will be automatically available on your tax providers platform.
