VAT number for Germany

4POSTS

12 years ago

Hi,

My name is Soni. I聮ve got a small Amazon business supplying Amazon France and Germany with CD聮s. I聮ve just found out I need to be VAT registered for France and Germany.

I wonder if anyone knows someone who can set me up cheaply for VAT in France and Germany (can be 2 separate local ones, no problem)

It聮s a very small business, only talking about 拢4-5000 pounds worth of sales. All by mail order from the UK.

I聮ve been quoted a ridiculously high price by a British firm - 拢1,000 per country! Grrrrrrr

I聮m able to do returns myself, its just the initial registration I聮m finding hard.

Any help will be great fully received and will give a rave review in this forum for anyone who can help me!

Soni

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Maximilien ViP

12633POSTS

12 years ago

Hi Soni,

Welcome to Expat-Blog

I hope the other members give you some feedback soon

Thank you

Maximilien
Expat-blog Team

Columbus1506 Member

2POSTS

4 years ago

Hi Soni,

my husband ran into the same problem as you did regarding the registration of a german vat number. Amazon and ebay somehow started requiring it for everyone who wants to sell in germany. He got help by this for a reasonable price.

Cynic UK/Netherlands Expert

8109POSTS

4 years ago

Columbus1506 wrote:
Hi Soni,

my husband ran into the same problem as you did regarding the registration of a german vat number. Amazon and ebay somehow started requiring it for everyone who wants to sell in germany. He got help by this for a reasonable price.

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

You're responding to a post that nobody has been back to for many years; I suspect that nobody will respond to you, so on behalf of the Team here, thank you for taking the time to respond.

Cynic
Expat Team

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kongfang76937 New member

5POSTS

4 years ago

Hello, can you register for German vat?

Andrea Hunt Member

13POSTS

4 years ago

So, I did this. And it took around 2 months. You have to register your business (gewerbe or freiberuflich), get your business Steur #, then apply for the VAT number. The whole process took me around 6 months (because of covid..). normally it's supposed to be quicker

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