To International Amazon FBA Sellers....

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...and by international, I mean those of you who reside in countries outside Amazon's list of accepted countries. How did you go around that?

Thanks.

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  • Profile picture of the author Herschel-W
    Would also like to know the answer to this question.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mystery777
      I'm specifically interested in how to go around avoiding paying taxes as a US resident, since I'm not based in the US.

      I plan on getting a payoneer account & card to receive payments in a US bank acc, but then during FBA acc registration I'll be forced to fill in a tax form.

      Do I need to be consistent and pretend to live in the US? Will I be forced to pay taxes? Advices appreciated.

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      • Profile picture of the author scottncp
        This is an overview to your question and not designed to give you specific tax advice. I do work with some of the best U.S. tax experts especially for selling on FBA. If you are outside the U.S. selling on FBA in the U.S. (vs Canada or Europe), you will obtain a U.S. EIN number and report that along with your U.S. account to FBA as you register at Seller Central. You are generating revenue and hopefully profits in the U.S. and you will pay U.S. taxes on that profits (from a squeaking clean point of view). If you are an individual you would file a 1040NR and need to obtain an ITIN at the same time you file. The IRS is does not want you making money in the US and not paying U.S. taxes. Same with the sales tax issue. You will need to get a sales tax number, collect and remit sales tax in the states where you have sales tax nexus (which means where is your inventory held within FBA. I realize it moves around and this gets complex. There are several marketers outside the U.S. that are of the impression since they are not in the U.S. why collect and remit U.S.sales tax, that is not correct. Just because you MAY get away with it does not make it correct (according to CPAs, I have worked with that specialize in FBA sales tax issues). I hope this helps as a starting point.
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