A major bombshell has hit the cross-border e-commerce circle again!
On October 13, Amazon issued an official notice that caused a huge stir, regarding the requirements for Chinese platform companies to report tax-related information. The notice clearly stated thatStarting from October 2025, Amazon will report the identity and income information of Chinese sellers to Chinese tax authorities on a quarterly basis, including the sellers' identity information, transaction volume, income, as well as commissions and service fees.
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At the same time, Amazon also stated that the platform's first report will be completed by October 31, covering transactions from July to September 2025.
It is worth mentioning that, in addition to Amazon, several other cross-border e-commerce platforms, including Walmart and Shein, have also issued similar notices, making a comprehensive tax compliance campaign across the entire industry inevitable.
Background of the new regulation
In fact, this targetingThere have long been signs of changes in tax compliance in the cross-border e-commerce industry.
As early as June 26, 2025, the State Taxation Administration issued the "Announcement on Matters Related to Reporting Tax-related Information by Internet Platform Enterprises" (2025 No. 15), which for the first time explicitly extended the obligation to report tax-related information to all overseas internet platforms that provide services to operators in China.
complementing this isThe concurrently released "Regulations on Tax-Related Information Reporting by Internet Platform Enterprises" (State Council Order No. 810) together with these two documents have established a complete regulatory framework—that isAny platform enterprise that has investment promotion, a team, or a company in China must submit relevant data to the Chinese tax authorities.
It is important to note that although the tax reporting entity is the Amazon platform rather than the seller, cross-border sellers also need to actively cooperate, proactively fulfill their reporting obligations, accurately declare taxes based on actual income, and systematically retain a complete set of documents such as platform reports, payment records, and cost invoices.
Therefore, the current top priority for sellers is data verification, which should be based on official settlement reports from platforms such as Amazon. They should pay special attention to checking sales, refunds, and other data from July to September to ensure that the accounts match reality and to make full preparations for the upcoming tax filings in October.
In terms of specific operations,Sellers can log in to the tax system, find the 'Internet Enterprise Tax Information' reporting section under 'I Want to Handle Taxes', and at the bottom information query section, click 'Internet Enterprise List Query'. In the 'Platform Name' field, enter 'Amazon' to view the 20 registered sites.
Detailed Analysis of the Notice
Since that's the case, let's take a detailed look at the specifics of this Amazon notice.
1. Target audience
All Chinese sellers selling goods, services, or intangible products to customers on any Amazon site.
2. Submission of Information
- Enterprise Seller: Company Name, Unified Social Credit Code
- Individual seller: Full name of the individual, ID number
- All sellers: address, store name, store website, bank account details (including bank account or payment account, account name, bank or payment institution name), contact person's name, phone number
3. First Submission
Amazon will conduct its first quarterly information report by October 31, 2025, covering the third quarter of 2025 (July to September). Thereafter, Amazon will continue to submit quarterly reports.
According to information from Amazon's backend, sellers must ensure that the information in the relevant 'required information' forms is complete and up-to-date to ensure the accuracy of the data in the reports. If the information has been verified, any changes to the account information may trigger a new verification process.
Conclusion
Overall, the tightening of taxation is actually a test that every industry must face during its development.
Amazon's notification can be seen as setting clear deadlines for tax compliance issues in the cross-border e-commerce industry, marking a key leap for the industry from rough-and-ready operations to standardized development.
And in this process,The impact on small and medium-sized sellers will be particularly significant.Because they previously commonly engaged in 'gray' tax operations such as zero-declaration practices and receiving payments through personal accounts, tax authorities in the future will be able to cross-check platform payment data with declaration data, accurately identifying anomalies and thereby triggering penalties such as additional taxes and late fees.
Any sense of fluke or exploratory behavior will be exposed with nowhere to hide.
Here, Overseas Fund Reminder reminds all sellers to promptly adjust their tax compliance details recently, in order to avoid inspections affecting the normal operation of their stores~
