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German VAT for EU companies selling on Amazon.de.
Stock in Germany means a German VAT number, from the first unit.

If your company is based in another EU country and stores goods in an Amazon warehouse in Germany, you need a German VAT registration, and Vaytax can get it for you: a licensed German tax advisor prepares and lodges your application with the tax office (Finanzamt) responsible for your country, then files your German VAT returns. You confirm your figures in an English dashboard. No fiscal representative is needed for an EU company.

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48 hours
To lodge your application, from complete documents
€1,299
a year, registration included (Standard)
4 to 8 weeks
Usually, to your German tax number (Steuernummer)
Registered with the Steuerberaterkammer Rheinland-Pfalz
A product of FRADECO GmbH, licensed German tax advisory, serving international sellers since 2021
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Do you need a German VAT number?

  1. Your goods sit in a German warehouse (Amazon FBA in Germany, Pan-European FBA, or a German 3PL): yes, from the first unit.
    • Moving your own stock into Germany counts as a taxable acquisition there (intra-Community acquisition, innergemeinschaftlicher Erwerb).
    • Your sales from that stock to German customers carry German VAT.
    • There is no threshold.
  2. You ship from your home country straight to German consumers:
    • Below €10,000 a year in cross-border sales to consumers across the whole EU, your home country's VAT applies.
    • Above it, German VAT applies, and you can declare it through the EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) in your home country instead of registering in Germany.
  3. You sell only to German businesses from your home stock: usually no German registration. The sale is an intra-Community supply and the buyer accounts for the VAT.

Amazon is the "deemed supplier" that collects VAT for you only for sellers based outside the EU. As an EU company you stay the seller and you file.

Which German tax office handles your company

Your countryGerman tax office (Finanzamt)
Austria, ItalyMünchen
BelgiumTrier
BulgariaNeuwied
Croatia, Portugal, SpainKassel
Czech Republic, Romania, SlovakiaChemnitz-Süd
DenmarkFlensburg
EstoniaRostock
Finland, LatviaBremen
FranceOffenburg
Greece, Cyprus, MaltaBerlin International
HungaryZentralfinanzamt Nürnberg
Ireland, SwedenHamburg-Nord
LithuaniaMühlhausen
LuxembourgSaarbrücken I
NetherlandsKleve
PolandHameln-Holzminden, Oranienburg, Cottbus or Nördlingen, by the first letter of your company name
SloveniaOranienburg

Responsibility under the German regulation on VAT tax offices (Umsatzsteuerzuständigkeitsverordnung, § 1).

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Transparent pricing

What it costs

Registration included

Standard

€1,299 / year

A year, registration included, every routine German return filed.

What's included

  • Registration with the tax office (Finanzamt) handled until your tax number and VAT ID arrive, or takeover of the number you already hold.
  • Every monthly or quarterly return, the annual return and the EC sales list, reviewed and released by our licensed German firm.
  • Routine tax-office correspondence handled: we are your authorised recipient in Germany, and every letter is in your account, read and explained in plain English with its deadline named.
  • Upload your Amazon, easybill or DATEV export, or type the figures: every sales report and return double-checked before filing, nil returns included.
  • Deadline reminders, a calendar feed, email support and your accountant in copy.

Already registered in Germany: €1,099/year or €99/month.

Start with Standard

Registration included

Pro

Holding stock in your home country and in Germany is stock in more than one EU country: Pro values and files the stock you move between warehouses from your price list.

€1,999 / year

A year, registration included.

Everything in Standard, plus

  • Stock moved between EU warehouses valued and filed from your price list.
  • A person compares each return with your sales report before filing; 5 corrections a year included.
  • 4 advisor hours a year for hearings, assessment checks and questions (one block, Germany and France).
  • A written response or objection to a tax-office letter from your hours, and a warning before an objection deadline runs out.
  • Filing extension (Dauerfristverlängerung) and priority registration included; a named contact who replies within 24 hours on working days; your price held for 3 years.
Start with Pro

Registration only: €499, if you want the number and nothing else. Compare both plans

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German VAT for EU companies: common questions

Do I need a German VAT number if I already have one in my own EU country?

Yes, if your goods are stored in Germany. Your home VAT ID does not cover sales from German stock.

Do I need a fiscal representative?

No. An EU company registers in its own name; a German tax advisor acting for you is enough.

Can I use the One-Stop-Shop (OSS) instead?

Only for goods you ship from your home country to consumers in Germany. Sales from German stock always go on a German return.

How long does it take?

We lodge within 48 hours of complete documents (next working day with priority registration); the tax office then usually takes 4 to 8 weeks to issue your tax number, and the EU VAT ID follows 1 to 2 weeks later.

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Fiscal representation guide

Why an EU company does not need a fiscal representative in Germany.

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Stock in Germany means a German VAT number, from the first unit.

A licensed German tax advisor prepares and lodges your application with the tax office (Finanzamt) responsible for your country, then files your German VAT returns. You confirm your figures in an English dashboard.

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