Dr. Roger Gothmann

BZSt capitulates before the first OSS notification: Taxdoo helps traders

Many suspected it, now it is a sad certainty: In Germany, the OSS declaration for Q3 2021 cannot be submitted via file upload or even fully automated via interface. Instead, you have to enter your OSS data manually in online forms, but Taxdoo helps.

Intra-community movement: The Value Added Tax -Guide

In this blog post we explain why you, as an online trader with EU storage, should know what is behind "intra-Community transfers" and how you can not only be aware of the resulting VAT obligations at home and abroad, but also (have them) conveniently dealt with.

EU decision needed! Continue to report returns, credits and refunds locally, despite the OSS?

Amazon’s Value Added Tax calculation service (VCS) and OSS

VAT rates in the EU for foreign deliveries

The EU VAT reform with the abolition of local delivery thresholds and the OSS have made it clear: determining tax rates in cross-border EU online trade overtaxes everyone: marketplaces, ERP and shop systems and, in the end, traders and tax consultants. We show what needs to be considered.

Amazon Poland and the Czech Republic, CEE and Value Added Tax

By participating in the Amazon CEE programme with storage in Poland and the Czech Republic, traders can benefit from reduced shipping costs. However, CEE also means the obligation to register at Value Added Tax and submit regular reports in all three countries, even after the introduction of the OSS.

VAT Fraud & Import One Stop Shop (IOSS)

The IOSS should help EU states collect more Value Added Tax on supplies from third countries. A letter from the Federal Ministry of Finance shows: This will probably not work.

Direct DATEV Amazon interface: What can it do, what not?

The direct DATEV Amazon interface: long requested, now available. The automatic collection of Amazon payment data offered by DATEV supports financial accounting for online merchants and their tax advisors. However, the service cannot evaluate transactions for VAT purposes.

One Stop Shop (OSS) and distance selling in 2021: The biggest VAT reform for EU online trade

The biggest VAT reform for online trade is approaching. We provide answers to current questions on the central element, the One Stop Shop.