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Dear seller,

According to the amendments in the German VAT Code (Sec. 22f UStG), Amazon must obtain a Tax Certificate from sellers who are required to be tax registered in Germany. This also applies to sellers who are already VAT registered in Germany.

We have reviewed your account and as per our records you are required to be tax registered in Germany. Please note that sellers legally-established in a country of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway who do not provide a Tax Certificate by October 1, 2019 will no longer be able to sell on Amazon.de or to customers in Germany.

Please take into consideration that Amazon cannot influence the time needed for processing your Tax Certificate application at German tax offices, therefore immediate action is required in order to avoid selling friction on October 1, 2019.
How to get a Tax Certificate and how to provide it to Amazon?
1 You need to be tax registered in Germany with a valid Tax ID (Steuernummer) in order to be able to apply for a Tax Certificate in Germany. The following non-exhaustive list of transactions are subject to German VAT and trigger a tax registration obligation in Germany:
 
- You store inventory and fulfil from Germany.
 
- You ship goods to German customers from another EU country where your inventory is stored and your total sales to German customers exceeds €100,000 per year across all sales channels.
 
- You ship goods to German customers from a non-EU country and you (or the carrier on your behalf) are the importer of record.
 
2 To apply for a Tax Certificate, you should submit an application to the German tax office responsible for you. You can find details for which German tax office is responsible for you by clicking here. For contact information of the different tax offices, click here.
 
3 After you receive the Tax Certificate from the tax office, please upload it to Seller Central, here.
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Find out more about the New German Tax Obligations.

Need help with VAT Registration? Learn more about VAT Services on Amazon.
Regards,
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