Selling on Amazon UK - Newbie Need Help - VAT and Account Fee

I am totally new to Amazon, I did some searches, finally I registered Amazon UK. here are some questions, hope everyone can help !
1. Amazon charged me £25 for account fee, my understanding is if less than 40 items sold per-month, Amazon will charge on per-item fee basis, is £25 only for deposit or will charge every month despite how many items you sold ?
2. Do I need a VAT number before my FIRST listing submit ? my understanding is if my turn over under £75000 and do not use FBA, I DO NOT need a VAT number, am I wrong ?
3. I found can apply VAT number through Amazon seller central, is this work or I need to register on UK HMRC web site ?
Appreciated if everyone can help me

You will be charged £25 every month if you are on the professional plan.

You do not need a vat number as of yet

lambomercy said:

You will be charged £25 every month if you are on the professional plan.

You do not need a vat number as of yet

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I never choose a plan, how I can downgrade it to normal plan ?

lambomercy said:

You will be charged £25 every month if you are on the professional plan.

You do not need a vat number as of yet

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Thanks I downgraded, but first month cannot refund ?

wkcalvin said:

Thanks I downgraded, but first month cannot refund ?

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I’m not sure bud you can try contacting support they might refund you

Is it true when u put listing for 14$
Amazon will take 6-8$

lambomercy said:

I’m not sure bud you can try contacting support they might refund you

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Trying

Do you know in what circumstance, I need to apply a VAT number ?

You don’t need to start paying VAT until you get to £85000 turnover within a 12 month period.

lewwy789 said:

You don’t need to start paying VAT until you get to £85000 turnover within a 12 month period.

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Thank you, then I need mark up 20% VAT base one my target sold price ?

E.G. I want to list an item £19.99, then I need list it as £23.99, the Amazon will deduct £3.99 from my sold item as VAT collected.

Correct me if I am wrong.

It seems you got hoodwinked into signing up for a professional plan. Amazon is sneaky like that. You don't need VAT if you signed up a a individual.

wkcalvin said:

Thank you, then I need mark up 20% VAT base one my target sold price ?

E.G. I want to list an item £19.99, then I need list it as £23.99, the Amazon will deduct £3.99 from my sold item as VAT collected.

Correct me if I am wrong.

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Yes, You are right

wkcalvin said:

I found can apply VAT number through Amazon seller central, is this work or I need to register on UK HMRC web site ?
Appreciated if everyone can help me

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You can apply for VAT registration through HMRC site after your sales crossed 85000 threshold in 12 months. After getting VAT number you must put in in your Amazon seller account

wkcalvin said:

Thank you, then I need mark up 20% VAT base one my target sold price ?

E.G. I want to list an item £19.99, then I need list it as £23.99, the Amazon will deduct £3.99 from my sold item as VAT collected.

Correct me if I am wrong.

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Yeah that's correct, not sure if Amazon do take it direct but you will have to pay 20% on all sales so you would need to add that to your prices. Massive pain in the arse, prices go up, sales go down and you have keep track of it all and do the paper work.

Some categories have a reduced or 0% vat rate like books are 0%.

wkcalvin said:

I am totally new to Amazon, I did some searches, finally I registered Amazon UK. here are some questions, hope everyone can help !
1. Amazon charged me £25 for account fee, my understanding is if less than 40 items sold per-month, Amazon will charge on per-item fee basis, is £25 only for deposit or will charge every month despite how many items you sold ?

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£25 is subscription fee. Amazon will charge 15.3% fee on every sales. Some categories its lower than 15.3%. If you do FBA (fulfilment by Amazon) then Amazon will also charge FBA pick pack fee and storage fees.

You can claim back any VAT you have paid when you bought the products and the VAT on any seller fees from Amazon when yoUr VAT registered.

If you haven’t hit £85k in the last 12 months then stay away from registering.

lewwy789 said:

Yeah that's correct, not sure if Amazon do take it direct but you will have to pay 20% on all sales so you would need to add that to your prices. Massive pain in the arse, prices go up, sales go down and you have keep track of it all and do the paper work.

Some categories have a reduced or 0% vat rate like books are 0%.

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After getting VAT number and putting it in seller account setting properly, Amazon will directly deduct VAT on every sales.