New German Law to Combat VAT Evasion in Ecommerce: - Text in English and Chinese -

Jörg Brettschneider

pro 2018. · tredition

O ovoj e-knjizi

The Federal Republic of Germany passed a law to combat VAT fraud in international ecommerce. The new legislation is described and discussed. Ecommerce sellers will have to provide their tax registration and a certificate issued by the competent tax authority that shows their VAT compliance to platform operators. Otherwise platform operators are liable for VAT evasion of the respective ecommerce sellers. Without providing a tax registration and the certificate platform operators will not allow sellers to sell on their platforms anymore. The transition period will be much shorter for overseas sellers than for EU sellers. Practical problems will arise at the beginning likely. Suspension of accounts can be the consequence.

O autoru

Dr. Jörg Brettschneider is Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law) and has extensive experiences in German-Chinese business cases and focuses on conulting Chinese ecommerce sellers and logistics companies in legal questions related to ecommerce. Brettschneider studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at University of Cambridge, U.K. In 2013 Brettschneider gained his PhD at Bucerius Law School. Jörg Brettschneider博士是一名德国律师,有着丰富的处理中德商事案件的经验,并专注于为中国电商卖家和物流公司提供关于电商法律问题的咨询服务。Brettschneider博士曾在德国汉堡Bucerius法学院和英国剑桥大学学习法律,并于2013年在Bucerius法学院取得博士学位。