Digital services fee effective October 1

On October 1, 2024, we’ll introduce a digital services fee to account for digital services taxes (DST) implemented by the governments of the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and Canada.

While the typical DST rate is 2% in the UK and 3% in France, Italy, Spain, and Canada, DST charges are unpredictable as they vary based on the location of your business, the location of the buyer, and other factors. Rather than base the digital services fee on these location variables, which would create an unpredictable business impact because you can’t know the location of customers who will buy your products, we’ll introduce a fixed digital services fee based only on your location and the store in which you sell.

The digital services fee won’t apply to domestic sales if you’re established in Germany and sell in the Germany store. Additionally, the fee won’t apply if your business is established in a country in which DST has not been introduced and you sell in the Germany store.

If you sell in the Germany store but your business is established in a country in which DST has been introduced, the digital services fee will apply. The fee rate and which fees it applies to will vary based on the country in which your business is established. For example:

• If your business is established in Italy and you sell a €15 item in the Germany store, you’ll be charged a 3% digital services fee (€0.07) on Selling on Amazon fees (€2.25) for sales starting October 1.
• If your business is established in the UK and you sell a €15 item in the Germany store, you’ll be charged a 2% digital services fee (€0.05) on Selling on Amazon fees (€2.25) and (€0.07) on FBA fees (€3.30) for sales starting October 1.

To better help you understand how this fee will affect your business, including rates by country and more examples, go to Digital services fee.

Starting September 1, you’ll be able to preview the fee in the Revenue Calculator, and from October 1 you can track your digital services fees via the Transaction View in your Payments reports. If you use Pan-European FBA, the digital services fee will be accounted for in our free Automate Pricing tool starting October 1.