{"id":18240,"date":"2022-06-15T21:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/?p=18240"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:46:53","slug":"amazon-tax-applying-for-uk-users-with-synder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/amazon-tax-applying-for-uk-users-with-synder\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Tax Applying for UK Users With Synder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you sell internationally, you may be faced with the question: \u201cHow will I record my taxes correctly in QuickBooks\u201d. Synder has some features to ensure your tax reports are 100% accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Use-case for Tax Applying for UK Users Selling Internationally<\/a><\/p><\/li>\n\t

  2. Creating your Smart Rule<\/a><\/p><\/li>\n\t

  3. Checking How It Works<\/a><\/p><\/li>\n

  4. Tips<\/a><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Use-case for Tax Applying for UK Users Selling Internationally<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    If you sell on Amazon inside and outside the UK, that means sales outside the UK can have 0.0% Z or 0.0% ECG VAT. The issue occurs when Amazon doesn\u2019t provide the zero-rated VAT on sales outside the UK. Here is how a sales receipt looks like in QuickBooks Online without VAT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    You need the VAT to be provided in your accounting system. In this case, Smart Rules<\/strong> are a great helper with applying correct taxes based on the destination you sell to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Creating your Smart Rule<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Now we are going to create a rule to apply zero-rated VAT on items shipped to EU, as on Amazon we don’t have any VAT info.
    Note:<\/strong> you may have your own \u201cif-then\u201d conditions for the rule based on what you have in sales channels and what tax is required for your business. Let\u2019s create the rule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Go to Smart rules \u2192 Rules \u2192 Create Rule;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2. Choose the trigger that starts your rule: Sales Receipt \u2192 Created. It means that each time Synder creates a sales receipt in your QuickBooks account, this Rule will fire;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    3. Choose the condition to apply taxes based on destination: if Shipping address \u2192 Country \u2192 Not equals \u2192 GB or Great Britain or UK or United Kingdom \u2192 Yes. In this way, you tell Synder to check if this condition is met and apply the rule according to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Note:<\/strong> for your case, you can use any condition that makes sense to your business flow. 
    4. Finally, choose the action: QuickBooks action \u2192 Sales Receipt \u2192 Update current \u2192 Set QuickBooks entity data. This will tell Synder that it should update the exact sales receipt which has triggered the rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    5. You will be presented with a sales receipt template where you\u2019ll be able to select Tax Calculation Type and the tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Repeat the action for the cases when the condition is not met if you need Synder to apply tax if it doesn\u2019t tally with the condition.
    Save the rule and sync a transaction to check if it works as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Checking How It Works<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Sale after the rule is created and transaction is synced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Perfect, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tips<\/strong><\/h2><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Use our template to simplify the process.
    Let’s find it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Smart rules \u2192 Templates;<\/li>
    2. Group by Taxes for UK;<\/li>
    3. Set Tax in Sales Receipt \u2192 Try it out.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      Reach out to the Synder team<\/em><\/a>\u00a0via online support chat, phone, or email with any questions you have \u2013 we\u2019re always happy to help you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      For Xero users watch our full demo ‘Automate Bookkeeping of Online Sales to Xero’<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n