VAT number for Germany

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misssoniNew member23 July 2013 17:31:43

Hi,

My name is Soni. Ive got a small Amazon business supplying Amazon France and Germany with CDs. Ive 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)

Its a very small business, only talking about £4-5000 pounds worth of sales. All by mail order from the UK.

Ive been quoted a ridiculously high price by a British firm - £1,000 per country! Grrrrrrr

Im able to do returns myself, its just the initial registration Im 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

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

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 companyfor a reasonable price.

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 companyfor 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

kongfang76937New member31 May 2021 07:05:31

Hello, can you register for German vat?

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

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