Amazon.de / Amazon.co.uk: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer verwalten / Manage VAT Registration Number
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/31
When you order for business usage, and your business can deduct VAT/Mwst, you can have Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk send invoices without VAT for most goods.
Some restrictions apply, read these pages before performing the steps below:
- Amazon.de Hilfe: Einkäufe von Kunden mit einer Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer.
- About Purchasing as a VAT Registered Customer in the EU.
For Amazon.de (they ship most goods for free from Germany to us for orders over EUR 20), follow these steps:
- Go to “Mein Konto” https://www.amazon.de/gp/css/homepage.html
- Go to “Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer verwalten” https://www.amazon.de/gp/vatRegistration/manage
- Follow the steps, start by filling in your country (“Wählen Sie Ihr EU-Land”).
- Enter company name, full delivery address (if a new one, save it first “Adresse speichern”) and VAT number (“Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer”)
- Add a check mark for “Hiermit akzeptiere ich alle Bedingungen…”, then submit (“Abschicken”).
- Wait 1-4 days for the VAT number to get verified (you get a verification email; until then it will list as “Bitte warten — wird verifiziert”, after that as “Aktiv”).
- Done.
For Amazon.co.uk (they ship most goods for free from the UK to us for orders over GBP 25 and using Super Saver Delivery), follow these steps:
- Go to “Your account” https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/css/homepage.html.
- Go to “Manage VAT Registration Number” https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/vatRegistration/manage.
- Follow the steps, start by filling in your country (“Select EU Country”).
- Enter company name, full delivery address (if a new one, save it first “Save address”) and VAT number.
- Add a check mark for “I accept and acknowledge”, then submit (“Submit”).
- Wait 1-4 days for the VAT number to get verified (you get a verification email, until then it will be listed “Pending” after waiting it will list as “Active”).
- Done.
Notes:
- The VAT registration only works for Amazon itself and a few connected sites. The registration does not apply to other merchants trading through Amazon!
- Despite different page titles, the URLs on both sites are built in a similar way.
- You can enter different VAT numbers for different countries (if you are part of a company that has different subsidiaries).
- When you add one or more VAT numbers, you are not allowed to order for private usage any more. It is wise to have two separate accounts: one for private usage, and one for business usage.
- For some countries, the validation is done almost immediately (Amazon.co.uk was faster for us than Amazon.de).
–jeroen
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