How hellotax can help online sellers with EU VAT compliance
Online sellers operating in Europe need to register for VAT and then compile and file VAT Returns on a regular basis. We take care of your paperwork and you can scale your business while staying EU VAT compliant.
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EU VAT Services with hellotax
As a pioneer in the field of EU VAT compliance for online sellers, hellotax offers the complete service package for EU VAT compliance. In addition to our EU VAT software, we have an internal team of local tax advisors and specialized experts spread all across Europe to ensure the best possible personal service locally. We take care of your VAT duties with no hidden costs and you can take care of your business while staying VAT compliant across the EU.
EU VAT Registration
Online sellers operating in Europe need to register for VAT and get VAT numbers to sell fully VAT compliant. We take care of EU VAT Registrations and get you a VAT number wherever needed within 4-12 weeks, starting from 0€.
EU VAT Returns & Filings
Automate VAT filings with our software and get informed when a deadline is approaching or when a payment is due. We calculate the correct VAT amount for you and check all information for accuracy and completeness. You will always receive notifications whenever there are any payments to make, things to consider or deadlines to meet. VAT Returns & Filings start from 39€ / month per country.
One-Stop-Shop
From 1st July 2021, online sellers can start using the quarterly OSS VAT return for B2C cross border transactions, while the old country specific distance selling VAT thresholds have been replaced. With hellotax you can automate the identification of B2C sales, automatically determine the correct tax rates and handle OSS Registration and OSS Reports.
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VAT Registration with hellotax
Find a solution that fits your needs
- Have a free consultation call with our VAT experts
- Choose a solution that fits your needs and sign-up for our VAT service
- Meet your dedicated account manager and registration assistant during a Welcome-Call and start registering in our hellotax software
- Once registered, we will send your application for a VAT ID to the authorities, notify you once the process is completed and send you your new VAT identification number
Connect your sales channel to our software
- Please note, that the duration of the registration process depends on the country, as once your application is in the tax authorities’ hands it is beyond our control
- While you wait, you can connect your Amazon Seller Account to our software
- You can also integrate sales data from other marketplaces or your own storefronts via CSV-file upload with just a few clicks
Let us file your regular VAT returns
- Once your accounts are connected and your sales data uploaded, we will start organizing your transactions and preparing reports
- We will also start filing your returns in the countries of your choice and take over the contact with the authorities
- Meanwhile, all information and deadlines you need to know about are accessible to your on your dashboard
FEATURES
VAT Compliance made easy
Automated Data Collection
- Automated & manual import of transactional data from various marketplaces
- Reduced manual effort and risk
- Comprehensive overview of all deadlines, to-dos and data in your dashboard
- Opportunities for extended data analysis
Invite your accountant
- Optional access for your accountant or co-workers
- Access to transactional data
- Access to all received tax documents
- Access to hellotax video courses about Amazon FBA accounting and our software
Tax Letter Inbox
- Receive documents from tax authorities and no longer worry about deciphering foreign documents
- Translate foreign documents into English
- Summarize complex documents of tax authorities to simple, understandable language
Assessment and monitoring
- Data verification through local in-house tax accountants
- Automatically set applicable VAT rates
- Checks departure and destination countries in real-time
- Monitor threshold limits, warehouses and more
- Don’t miss deadlines and to-dos and get notifications
Pricing
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Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK.
Due to liability reasons for fiscal representation in some EU countries additional costs may arise. Notarized translation costs are not included in the pricing. Contact us for detailed information.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
The VAT registration number (Vat idenfitication number / VAT number / VAT ID) identifies all companies and economic operator in the European Union and is indispensable for intra-European trade and the handling of taxes.
For online sellers you need to register for VAT in additional countries when storing your goods in those locations.
Here you find more information.
How long the application process takes always depends on the country in which you need a VAT registration. Generally speaking, it takes between 2 and 8 weeks to receive the VAT number in Europe.
The costs for the VAT registrations with hellotax depend on the subscription you choose:
a) Monthly subscription: 300€ for VAT registration per country
b) Yearly subscription: 0€ for all VAT registrations you need
The regulations for VAT registration vary from country to country. Therefore, different documents are required when registering for VAT. Please contact our team for further information.
If you want to check your own, or more likely, the VAT number of a company you intend to do business with, you can do so with just a few clicks. If the VAT registered party is located in the EU, simply use the VIES system to validate if a VAT registration was made properly and the VAT number exists. As the UK is no longer part of the EU, UK VAT numbers can be checked here.
VAT Returns are documents that calculate the amount of Value-Added tax that a business has to pay to the local tax authorities. It includes both the VAT the business charged end consumers and therefore has to pay, as well as the VAT the business paid to its suppliers or for business expenditures and can therefore recover. Contrary to regular annual tax returns, a VAT return is generally due quarterly, as are the corresponding VAT payments.
The process of filing VAT returns and other documents differs. A VAT return might be filed electronically via a form on the tax authorities website. However, other documents such as the Intrastat report need to be filed with an Excel sheet. Furthermore, the deadlines of each of those filings differ.
You synchronize your Amazon seller account with our software. Based on the transactions pulled from the Amazon seller account, reports and returns are created in the hellotax software. Our local tax accountants then take care of filing the returns with the local tax authorities.
You will receive an email notification and you will also be notified in your hellotax software account when new returns or other reports are created, received or have to be filed.
You will be notified in your VAT returns menu in the software when payments are due and how to proceed. Generally speaking, whenever you have to make a payment you will be notified in time.
VAT returns are not all the documents you need to remember. Other filings are required as well. For example, even though quarterly VAT Returns are necessary, annual VAT returns are required as well. In some countries you may also need to submit Intrastat declarations and more. There is a plethora of documents detailing EU-wide crossborder sales. hellotax can help you with these filings as well.
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