New news on VAT! Can German sellers stop worrying now?

Let's first take a look at the news from the German Tax Office.

In view of the heavy workload of applying for tax copies, the tax bureau decided to postpone the original deadline of March 1 to April 15. It can be said that this has solved the urgent need for sellers who are anxious to get a response from the tax bureau.

However, the email also stated the conditions for delaying submission to April 15. The seller must have submitted the application for the tax copy before February 28. Only sellers who meet this condition can extend the submission of the tax copy.

Even after March 7, the authorities will ask Amazon sellers to provide proof of extension, which I guess will be issued by the tax bureau via email. Sellers who have submitted tax copy applications should pay close attention to their emails and Amazon’s official notifications recently, and don’t think that you can just ignore it for now because the extension is until April!

For sellers who don’t have a VAT number or want to enter the European market to grab business opportunities, registering a VAT number for the local country is a must. Now there are two ways to choose from: Amazon’s official VAT service and third-party service providers. Do you want to know what the pros and cons of these two methods are?

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