Polish Amazon FBA seller or Shopify brand selling into Germany? When inventory hits a German warehouse, FBA, 3PL, or consignment, you need a German VAT registration. We handle it for a flat fee, no fiscal rep, in English.
The short version
Polish companies are the largest non-German EU FBA seller base in Germany. The cost advantage of Polish sourcing combined with Amazon Pan-EU routing inventory into DE warehouses means almost every scaling Polish Amazon seller needs a local German VAT registration.
As an EU country, Poland has access to OSS for cross-border B2C direct-shipment sales. But OSS does not cover sales from German-stored inventory, so Pan-EU FBA sellers need local DE registration in addition to any OSS.
Polish companies are handled by one of four Finanzämter, split by the first letter of the company name. Typical timeline: 4–8 weeks. No fiscal representative required. Year-one cost via Vaytax: €1,299/year all-in, German VAT registration included.
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The three most common profiles. If one of these sounds like you, registration is almost certainly mandatory.
Polish companies enrolled in Pan-EU FBA where Amazon moves inventory into German warehouses (Bad Hersfeld, Rheinberg, Leipzig, Werne). The moment your stock crosses into Germany, local registration is mandatory.
Polish sportswear, pet food, beauty, and home goods brands shipping B2C from Poland into Germany. Once EU-wide B2C sales cross €10,000, OSS or local registration becomes mandatory.
Using a Polish-based fulfilment provider's German warehouse or any German 3PL creates the same obligation. Stock held in Germany is a taxable presence, regardless of where the company is based.
Poland is the manufacturing and logistics backbone of CEE, and Polish e-commerce brands, particularly Amazon FBA sellers, have the most aggressive expansion profile into German retail of any EU country. Three patterns:
Most mid-sized Polish Amazon sellers end up needing BOTH systems: OSS (for their Polish-dispatched B2C sales into DE and other EU) AND local German registration (for sales dispatched from German FBA inventory). The Vaytax dashboard handles both, and your Polish OSS filings continue with your Polish accountant.
| Polish seller setup | OSS? | Local DE registration? |
|---|---|---|
| Ship from PL only, direct B2C to DE | Yes (if >€10k EU-wide) | No |
| Amazon FBA PL only | Yes | No |
| Amazon Pan-EU FBA (inventory in DE) | For PL-sourced sales | Yes (for DE-sourced sales) |
| Polish 3PL with German warehouse | Where applicable | Yes (for DE-sourced sales) |
| B2B sales to German businesses | No | Usually not required |
Amazon's warning sign: if Amazon Seller Central asks you for a German USt-IdNr. after you enable Pan-EU FBA, you need local registration. Ignoring the request leads to listing suspension.
Polish companies registering for German VAT are split across four Finanzämter by the first letter of the company name (§ 1 UStZustV): A-G to Finanzamt Hameln-Holzminden, H-Ł to Finanzamt Oranienburg, M-R to Finanzamt Cottbus and S-Ż to Finanzamt Nördlingen. A licensed tax advisor confirms the correct office at submission time and files the tax registration questionnaire (Fragebogen) with the right routing.
Documents required:
As EU documents, Polish corporate records are accepted without Apostille or sworn translation, significantly simpler than US or Chinese registrations.
Polish EU companies don't need a fiscal representative in Germany. A licensed tax advisor is sufficient. See our fiscal representation guide for the full breakdown on why this €1,000–€3,000/year fee is an unnecessary cost for EU sellers.
Once registered, the monthly rhythm:
Filing frequency follows your VAT figures, not how new the registration is. For businesses starting activity between 2021 and 2026, a temporary rule (§ 18 Abs. 2 Satz 6 UStG) sets the first year from the VAT you expect to owe that year: over €9,000 files monthly, otherwise quarterly, and at €2,000 or less the Finanzamt can waive preliminary returns entirely. Later years use the same thresholds on the prior year's actual VAT. That temporary rule is scheduled to lapse after 2026, so unless it is extended, businesses starting from 2027 go back to mandatory monthly filing for their first two calendar years. Most foreign sellers holding German stock clear €9,000 and file monthly either way. A filing extension (Dauerfristverlängerung) adds one month per deadline.
If you crossed the German storage or sales threshold months ago and only just realised the obligation: we file the missing UStVAs retroactively at the same €89 per filing, charged once at signup. Pick the first period you need us to file when you register; we catch you up and continue going forward in one onboarding. The Finanzamt may still issue Verspätungszuschlag (late-filing surcharges) directly to your company for retroactive periods; those are independent of our fees, and we file as quickly as possible to keep them small.
Already selling on amazon.de? See your German VAT from your own report: drop your Amazon VAT Transactions Report (or easybill export) and we read it on your device, nothing uploaded, to show the figure reconciled to your file. It is a draft, subject to our review.
Flat fee. Pairs cleanly with your Polish accountant's OSS filings. The price you see covers your routine recurring filings; one-off work like backfiling or disputes is always quoted up front.
New to German VAT · Path A
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