Policy tightening! Poland VAT planning as soon as possible! Funds freezing and store association measures will be taken!

Policy tightening! Poland VAT planning as soon as possible! Funds freezing and store association measures will be taken!

On August 19, the Polish State Tax Administration and the German Federal Ministry of Finance reached a bilateral agreement on exchanging e-commerce platform user information to detect VAT fraud.


Many e-commerce platforms have also stated that they do not rule out the possibility of taking compulsory measures such as freezing funds and store affiliation against sellers who engage in VAT evasion in Poland in the near future, and recommend that sellers plan their VAT compliance process in Poland as early as possible.


Amazon began to notify sellers on its German site in the second half of the year and provided subsidies and incentives to encourage sellers to comply with financial and tax regulations.


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Email notification asking you to upload your Polish tax number


  The email notification requires you to upload the Polish tax number, otherwise the warehouse establishment will be restricted. The sellers affected are basically those who have opened the pan-European plan, do not restrict German exports, use Polish and Czech warehouses, and sell to Poland.


[Notification to upload Polish tax number email image]


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Upload Polish VAT and have a chance to receive a subsidy of 850 Euros!


Amazon sent out the first wave of emails, " 【Important Notice】Upload your missing 【Polish】VAT number and get official subsidies ." The second wave of emails will be sent out randomly, and sellers who receive the emails will have the opportunity to receive a subsidy of 850 euros.

【Subsidy distribution email image】

Steps to get subsidy:


1. Receive an official email from Amazon

2. Within the specified time, upload the contract for Polish VAT registration signed with the tax agent by email to prove that you are applying for Polish VAT;

3. Upload the Polish VAT number within the specified time.


  

Under what circumstances is it necessary to register for Polish VAT?

Generally, you need to register for VAT in Poland if you meet one of the following conditions:

1. To open the pan-European plan, you must register for Czech and Polish VAT;
2. Use local warehousing in Poland, including FBA warehouses, third-party overseas warehouses, self-built warehouses, etc.;
3. The value of goods sold to Poland from other EU countries exceeds 160,000 PLN (36,851.47 EUR);
4. Registered Polish company or Polish representative office.

Apply for Polish VAT registration materials ?


Company business license

Legal person's passport

Legal person ID card

VAT certificate, etc. (needed to prove your business is VAT registered elsewhere in the EU)


What is the Polish VAT rate ?


The standard tax rate in Poland is 23%. Other tax rates include 8%, 5% and 0%, which apply to some foods, medicines, etc.

Goods or services.



“Stored only in Germany” or will the Polish warehouse be used?

Many sellers have set up FBA and set it to "store only in Germany", but sellers still need to check

Amazon backend return settings, if the settings are wrong, the orders using cross-border delivery will be returned to the unactivated

Poland, where inventory is stored, will also need to register for Polish VAT because there is inventory in Poland ;

Is it more cost-effective to apply for Polish VAT delivery fees ?


From the perspective of long-term store development, another benefit of applying for Polish VAT is that you can use the Central European Scheme (CSS) without having to worry about rising delivery costs and compliance issues.


(Source: Cross-border Live)


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