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Amazon's 2021 changes to seller-fulfilled returns: partial refunds and returnless refunds
From August 2021, partial refunds on seller-fulfilled returns needed grading and a photo; from October 2021, cross-border orders under £20 (€25) with no local return address got returnless refunds.
Read the updateAmazon may buy your FBA products to sell in other countries
Amazon may purchase your FBA stock at your listed price to sell in other countries' stores, issuing self-billed VAT invoices you must keep; opting out is free.
Read the updateAmazon's 2021 changes to FBA Small and Light
2021 Small and Light changes: new envelope tiers and fees from 8 June (from 60p in the UK), per-unit barcodes, an 8p UK label fee from November and looser eligibility.
Read the updateThe EU's July 2021 VAT e-commerce rules and what they meant on Amazon
From 1 July 2021, Amazon collected EU VAT on consumer sales by non-EU sellers (IOSS imports up to €150 and EU-stored stock); distance-selling thresholds were replaced by OSS.
Read the updateGermany's VAT number rules for Amazon sellers, 2021–2022
From 1 July 2021, a German or EU VAT number replaced the §22f certificate for sellers needing German VAT registration; from 2022 name and address had to match BZSt records.
Read the updateAmazon.pl launches with a year of reduced referral fees
Amazon.pl opened on 2 March 2021 with 12 months of lower referral fees, e.g. 10% (from 15%) for Home & Kitchen and 5% (from 7%) for electronics.
Read the updateAmazon's Payment Service Provider programme: where your payouts can go
Sellers paid through a payment service provider had to use an approved PSP; others faced a 21-day reserve from 31 May 2021 and no payouts from 15 July 2021.
Read the updateAmazon's 2021 fee relief: cheaper returns processing and delayed fee changes
From 1 March 2021, no returns processing fee on watches and jewellery, and clothing, shoes and handbags charged 50% of the fulfilment fee; annual fee changes delayed to June.
Read the updateAmazon's Invoice Defect Rate: the 5% rule for business orders
Since April 2021, sellers must provide a downloadable invoice or receipt for at least 95% of Amazon Business orders within one business day, or risk deactivation.
Read the updateBrexit and Amazon: the UK VAT and cross-border changes of January 2021
From 1 January 2021, Amazon collected UK VAT on imports up to £135 and on overseas sellers' UK stock; UK–EU Pan-EU transfers and cross-border EFN ended.
Read the updateLet Amazon's changes flow into Xero automatically
TrueBooks posts every Amazon settlement to Xero with the right UK VAT codes — new fees, reserve changes and all — so your books stay right whatever Amazon changes next.
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