Introduction

As we all know, European countries attach the most importance to the tax system. Take the United Kingdom as an example . The British tax system has a history of more than 200 years. It is said that the United Kingdom has spent 50 years cultivating citizens’ awareness of paying taxes with integrity. Taxation involves the vital interests of thousands of households, so the British are particularly concerned about taxation. pay. Not to mention that the UK is now facing a budget "hole" of up to 55 billion pounds, and the inspection of tax payment by multinational e-commerce sellers will only be stricter and will not be relaxed. It can be known from the fact that more and more sellers are receiving emails from the UK tax office tax investigation.

The tax investigations encountered by sellers generally fall into the following three situations:

1. Routine tax investigation

The scope of the investigation generally starts from the first sales order of the store and ends on the date specified by the tax bureau (generally around 2021). The tax bureau's investigation focuses on the data self-declared before Brexit, and the seller will need to cooperate with the tax bureau to provide corresponding information .

2. Current tax investigation of tax refunds triggered by tax refunds

Generally, a tax refund application has been made at the tax bureau recently, and the amount of tax refund applied for is too large, which has attracted the attention of the tax bureau, and the tax bureau will investigate the tax refund amount.

3. Long-term zero-declaration investigation

It mostly happens to customers with long-term zero declaration. The tax bureau sends investigation emails to confirm whether the tax number is in normal use.

Which tax IDs are likely to cause tax investigations

1. All UK VAT tax numbers (random check);

2. Customers with abnormal declarations and tax ID numbers that attract the attention of the tax bureau are easy to be investigated by tax authorities;

3. The old tax number more than 3 years is easy to be randomly checked by the tax bureau;

email example

The tax ID number of the seller who is randomly checked by the tax bureau will receive a tax ID from the tax bureau

h=gz=?j?ggz=fqnhi Tax inquiry email from pliance@hmrc.gov.uk.

Many sellers think that receiving a tax investigation email means that they will be closed. actually not. If the seller receives the email from the tax bureau, there is indeed a risk of closing the store, provided that the seller does not take any measures to resolve it, and it will only happen if he leaves it alone. Generally, after receiving the email, the seller will reply and take relevant solutions, so there will be no risk of closing the store.

So what should sellers do when they receive tax audit emails?

First of all, the seller should pay attention to whether his mailbox has received an email with the subject starting with CFSS + number number. The investigation email of the tax bureau will generally be sent to the seller’s email address bound to the VAT tax number, and will also be sent to the accountant’s email address. Sellers should always pay attention to the email information to avoid omissions, so as to avoid the risk of being closed due to failure to reply to the tax bureau information.

When the seller receives the above email, he must reply before the date specified by the tax bureau.

Seller Q&A

■According to the reply within the time limit stipulated by the tax bureau, what is the matter that the shop is still closed?

Answer : Generally, the tax bureau will reply to the seller after receiving the email from the seller. The seller should pay attention to whether he has received a reply email from the tax bureau. If he has not received a reply from the tax bureau, the store has been closed. Received your reply email (note, the seller should not use an email address other than the recipient of this email to reply to the tax office). In this case, the seller can first ask the tax agency to check what the problem is.

Tax investigation process

▲The tax situation of each seller is different, and the content of the email will also be different. Strictly speaking, the seller can basically resume normal sales by providing information in accordance with the requirements of the tax bureau and cooperating with the investigation.

01. The sales data provided by the seller to the tax bureau cannot be deleted.

The tax bureau can directly ask the platform for sales data if necessary. If the tax bureau finds that the information submitted by the seller is incorrect, resulting in an incorrect tax declaration, the tax bureau will charge the seller a fine, and it will not be conducive to the subsequent tax communication and investigation, so the seller must not be opportunistic.

02. Maintain good communication with the tax bureau.

The entire communication process will also serve as the basis for the tax bureau to determine fines in the future. During the investigation, it is a follow-up. It is also very important to maintain good communication with the tax bureau and explain our transaction process clearly.

03. The final investigation results given by the tax bureau should also be reconfirmed.

When the tax bureau gives the final investigation results, it is recommended that the seller check again whether the tax calculation results given by the tax bureau are correct. After all, problems in the tax bureau's accounting also occur from time to time. Checking once more can also avoid paying more fines or omissions.

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