Amazon-EIN & Tax ID's?

[jayyjam]

Amazon is now asking for this when initially registering a new account?

Can anyone confirm?

[Shadowmoe7]

yeah they are

[GreenBean]

Indeed.

Be prepared and be ready for the future.

Times are a'changing on amazon again.

[Gamefreak]

What type of account are you creating or are they asking for every and all account types?

[Artann]

Oh wow this is new. When did they start doing it?

[bboard]

What type of account are you creating?

I know they've started requiring it on all Pro-Merchant accounts ... but I just test-tried to make a regular account and it DIDN'T ask me for any Tax information

[Vetragor]

I registered last Merchant account 4 days ago, they didn't ask me for that, when did they start to do it?

[bboard]

Originally Posted by Vetragor

I registered last Merchant account 4 days ago, they didn't ask me for that, when did they start to do it?

One question ...

Did you sign up for a Pro-merchant account during startup OR did you sign up for a basic account and THEN upgrade to Pro-merchant?

I ask because I think they are requiring Tax ID on all accounts STARTING UP as Pro-merchant

[beaches]

Started reg acc. no problem. Think it is pro merchant only asking for tax info. fkn amazon does not follow the rules 20k and 200 sales. It may bite them in the ass like ebay sellers jumped shipped or may have a high rate of scamming we shall see

[Vetragor]

Originally Posted by bboard

One question ...

Did you sign up for a Pro-merchant account during startup OR did you sign up for a basic account and THEN upgrade to Pro-merchant?

I ask because I think they are requiring Tax ID on all accounts STARTING UP as Pro-merchant

I start with merchant account always

[Vetragor]

guys you are right they do ask for Tax ID now, I guess they started to do it few days ago, I registered new Merchant account today, so I gave them my tax ID, do they check tax IDs ( EIN) to name, because I gave to Amazon completely ⊗⊗⊗⊗ Name

[beaches]

There has to be away around this

[ghostrider007]

any updates on this? i am having same problem. stsrted pro account and they want everything up front. my last step is tax info. im thinking i just start llc for 50 bucks and get new ein. but what do u do about amazon asking for adress and name associated with ein? and when using ein does irs records have to match my stealth info on amazon?

[Recherché]

It goes for both. They asked and suspended two of my accounts due to going over 200/20,000. All my accounts are regular. I know they ask for EIN for pro merchants. They will also ask regular accounts as well when you go over a certain threshold. The 200/20,000 comes into play regardless what account you have.

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, did amazon not specify once you sell over 50 items, regardless of monetary value, they ask for EIN?

[beaches]

I Think amazon will be a dead end road in the future to sell on.To many hoops to jump

[hapajenn1]

oh gosh, here we go with amazon changing. step by step they will own everything about you. the immediate tax info req for Pro merchant was probably their way of easing into a full blown immediate everything even for Regular accounts including buying-only amazon accounts.