Suddenly! A large number of Amazon sellers were warned that their accounts were at risk of being deactivated

Back to work, the National Day holiday is over.

It is reported that during the National Day holiday, sellers experienced another "shock", as a large number of sellers' Amazon store backends saw notifications of [Account Deactivated] risk warnings.

In fact, the phenomenon of account blocking during the holidays is not unfamiliar, but this batch warning is not a traditional violation of the account blocking, but an update reminder about tax information: Amazon requires sellers to provide updated US tax identity information, otherwise they will face the risk of account deactivation and product removal.

The warning notice clearly states: "Please update your W-8 tax form in a timely manner. If the form is expired, your selling account will be temporarily suspended and your products will be removed until you submit your latest US tax identity information. Please note that it may take up to 24 hours for the submitted information to be processed."

The notice has been widely sent to sellers in multiple sites such as the United States and Japan. Account bans during holidays are commonplace, but the timing of this warning is quite awkward. During the National Day holiday, many sellers and operators were enjoying their holidays, and the sudden notice inevitably caused panic and dissatisfaction.

This tax identity information update is mainly for domestic accounts. It is reported that domestic accounts need to update the W-8 tax form every three years.

The W8 form is a tax form that the US Internal Revenue Service requires non-US citizens (including individuals, companies, trusts, etc.) to provide under certain circumstances. For Amazon sellers, if you are a non-US resident/company, you need to fill out a W8 form to prove your identity.

Sellers only need to submit the information as required, and there will be no major problems. Regarding how to deal with this warning, some enthusiastic sellers provided a reference process:

According to the above operation method, many sellers have passed the review and their backend store performance has disappeared. If the same situation occurs, sellers can also try this method to handle it.

If the business license has not been changed, that is, the legal person, address, etc. have not changed, you can fill in the information when you registered the store before. If the business license has been changed, fill it in according to the changed information. It can be solved very easily.

It is worth noting that Amazon has been taking frequent actions in taxation recently. At the end of September, Amazon issued a notice that it would collect and verify the value-added tax (VAT) registration information of EU member states, the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland, and require the VAT registration information (legal name and address) provided in the seller platform to be consistent with the information stored by the tax bureau.

And at that time, one seller had his German warehouse closed because the tax documents were inconsistent with the address of Amazon's backend information. Reference article : Compliance review upgraded! Amazon VAT issues broke out on a large scale... Sellers need to check themselves and update the tax number binding address as required. Different countries have different requirements and operation methods.

Amazon’s mass tax information update warning is also a reminder for sellers to pay close attention to changes in platform policies and deal with related issues in a timely manner to ensure the normal operation of the store.