Amazon tax code: Correct tax codes for your products

Select Amazon tax codes and store them in Seller Central

It is extremely important to enter the correct tax codes in your Amazon seller account so that you don’t run into any tax problems when selling on Amazon. At the same time, the maintenance of Amazon tax codes is the basis for an error-free connection to invoicing by Amazon. In this article you will find common practical tips on how to maintain your Amazon tax codes correctly.

What is an Amazon tax code?

If we look at VAT at national level only, we can see that there are at least two VAT rates in Germany, a standard VAT rate of 19% and a reduced rate of 7%. And if we now offer products in both VAT classes, how is Amazon supposed to know which rate to apply to which product? This is where the Amazon tax code comes into play.

What options are there for storing tax codes on Amazon?

1. Store tax code at account level: If all your sold products have the same tax rate
2. Store tax code at product level: If many different products have different tax codes
3. Combination of storage of tax codes at account and product level: If most of your products have the same tax rate, but there are some exceptions. To do this, enter a basic control code as in variant 1 and overwrite the outliers with variant 2.

The different approaches to the Amazon tax code are explained step by step below:

Store Amazon tax code at account level

1. Navigate via the settings ⇒ Control settings