Amazon Spain will give the Tax Agency access to the data of the sellers that operate on its platform, which will allow the Treasury to
search for and detect tax fraud
.
Specifically, sales in which VAT or other indirect taxes have not been declared.
The distribution company has signed an agreement with the Treasury, the first of its kind in Spain and which, according to
Cinco Días
, could be followed by similar ones with firms such as
Ebay
or
Alibababa
.
The rise of trade through these platforms, the agreement points out, "has created
opportunities for abuse of the tax system
, mainly in the field of indirect taxation."
And with this agreement, "it will be possible to ensure tax compliance."
Specifically, Amazon will have to deliver quarterly information to the Tax Agency, including the legal name of the seller;
the VAT registration number in Spain or, failing that, the identification number in the EU;
the total number of units shipped to customers residing or established in Spain through Amazon.es or the percentage of units delivered from warehouses located in Spain;
as well as the average sales price per unit in euros, among other aspects.
By virtue of this "voluntary and non-legally binding" agreement, Amazon also undertakes to notify the Tax Agency of possible breaches by sellers who use its platform.
The Treasury, for its part, affirms that the objective is "
to advance in the complete fiscal identification
of companies that sell online and that, even though they are not domiciled in Spain, do have to pay VAT here, for their sales to final consumers located in our country. ".
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