Title: Updated! Summary of key VAT knowledge for 12 European countries in 2022 (including free VAT benefits)

VAT has always been the most concerned issue for European cross-border sellers. If sellers want to sell goods to EU buyers on e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, eBay , and AliExpress, they must provide the VAT tax number of the corresponding country site. If they do not provide it, their store will most likely be closed and their account will be frozen.

There are free VAT benefits available at the end of the article ~

What is VAT ?

VAT is the abbreviation of Value Added Tax , which is a turnover tax levied on the value added of taxpayers' production and business activities in EU countries.

European VAT is collected by VAT - registered sellers from consumers based on sales within Europe, and is reported and paid to the tax authorities of relevant European countries .

Under what circumstances do you need to register for VAT ?

① If the seller uses an EU country or the UK as the storage location for goods, he/she needs to register, declare and pay the VAT of the corresponding storage country ;

(Remember one sentence: wherever there is warehousing, that country needs to register VAT .)

② If the seller activates the Pan-EU plan (Amazon Pan-European plan), the tax number of the corresponding warehouse must be completed, that is, VAT in the seven countries needs to be registered, declared and paid.

What are the VAT rates and declaration periods in different countries ?

① The current VAT standard rates in EU countries and the UK are as follows:

② The VAT declaration cycle for EU countries and the UK is as follows (generally):

How to register for VAT ?

As a one-stop VAT declaration platform, Eurotax provides VAT registration and declaration services in Europe and the Middle East. It can greatly reduce sellers ' declaration costs by 85% and increase their declared sales by 90% at a disruptive price . It can be used directly on a PC without installing software . It can calculate taxes intelligently and accurately with one click. It is equipped with Alibaba Cloud and Amazon Cloud for multiple protections. At the same time, it arranges professional account managers to answer one-on-one questions to fully protect new sellers in making money.

In order to meet the needs of European sellers to reduce costs, the Double Eleven Shopping Carnival is coming, and Eurotax has invested 50 million to bring triple surprise benefits to cross-border e-commerce sellers!!!

From November 8th to November 10th , you can grab free VAT transfer for 4 countries at 10:00 and 14:00 every day ; from November 11th at 10:00 , there will be a limited discount of 50% off on all items; from November 12th to 13th , you can enjoy 30 % off on all items when you renew your subscription.

If you have any questions about the Double Eleven event of Eurotax, you can directly consult Eurotax Xiao O , WeChat ID: ost2019 . You can also search Eurotax official website or public account to learn more event details.