VAT number for Germany

Member since 23 July 2013

misssoniNew member23 July 2013 17:31:43

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

Maximilien ViP

Member since 20 June 2013

MaximilienViP24 July 2013 10:53:49

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Hi Soni,

Welcome to Expat-Blog

I hope the other members give you some feedback soon

Thank you

Maximilien
Expat-blog Team

Columbus1506 Member

Member since 24 May 2021

Columbus1506Member24 May 2021 19:34:19

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

Member since 15 September 2015

CynicUK/Netherlands Expert24 May 2021 19:44:38

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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

kongfang76937 New member

Member since 31 May 2021

kongfang76937New member31 May 2021 07:05:31

Hello, can you register for German vat?

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Andrea Hunt Member

Member since 22 April 2021

Andrea HuntMember03 June 2021 15:24:58

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