What is Amazon Category Review Invoice? Amazon Category Review Invoice Review, Features

Amazon category review invoices (copies of invoices or recepts from your supplier) refer to the real invoices that Amazon seller accounts need to submit and can be checked by the State Taxation Bureau when encountering account reviews, category reviews, second-hand product complaints, etc.

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Amazon's performance team will usually remind you in the notification email to provide purchase documents and invoices, supplier information, buyer information, purchased product names and quantities, etc. when filing a complaint.

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Invoice Type

Either professional VAT invoice or ordinary VAT invoice is acceptable.

Example

Notice

There are more and more similar audit POAs on Amazon that require invoices. If you run a formal business, it is best to have some VAT invoices as backup when you purchase goods, or at least have some in case of emergency. The risk of temporary invoices always exists.

Invoice content

1. Either professional VAT invoice or ordinary VAT invoice is acceptable. Generally, suppliers can issue ordinary VAT invoice, commonly known as "general invoice", but tax points must be collected for invoicing.

2. VAT invoices require payment from the seller's company account to the supplier's bank account, while ordinary VAT invoices do not require payment to a public account.

3. Submitting documents other than receipts or other invoices will not work. Don’t assume that Amazon auditors can’t understand it. It is clearly stipulated that only invoices issued by the Chinese tax bureau will work.

4. The invoicing header must be the company name registered by the seller’s store (the store qualification certification entity), and the invoicing address is also the address on the business license.

5. The number of invoices must be at least 10 (ASIN products must be reviewed). As for the invoice price, Amazon has no clear regulations, so it is recommended to use the actual price.

Other considerations

1. After clicking Edit on the ASIN to be reviewed in the background, you can see the entrance to apply for category review.

2. After submission, there will be an approximate review date. In fact, Amazon’s category review is very fast. Sometimes you will be notified in the form of a case within about an hour.

3. If there is no problem with the invoice, Amazon may still tell you that it failed the review after submitting it several times (template-based answer), for example: incomplete information, etc.

4. It is normal to encounter multiple failures in submissions. There is indeed no problem with the key invoices. The review staff is different each time, resulting in the same information being submitted multiple times, some of which are approved and some are simply rejected.

FAQ

Q: What kind of invoice is considered authentic? Is a receipt acceptable?

A: It is best to have a value-added tax invoice, which can be verified on the official website of the tax bureau.

Amazon will actually check on the tax website. What is displayed on the tax department's website should be exactly the same as what you provided, so the practice of photoshopping receipts and other invoices and then scanning them is invalid. Amazon is such a big company, it is too easy for you to check with such a cautious mind.

If you use receipts to audit as a last resort, remember to stamp the official seals of both companies. This kind of luck is not discussed. A long time ago, some people passed, but now I have never seen one that can pass.

Q: What is the tax point required for the invoice?

A: There is no problem with this so far. 17% or 3% is fine. The key point is the previous question.

Q: What should I pay attention to when it comes to the buyer's information on the invoice?

A: The purchaser and the Amazon account holder (which can be checked in the account backend) must correspond, that is, personal accounts are invoiced in their personal name, and company information is registered to issue invoices under the company name and address.

Q: It should not be difficult to understand. If there is no correspondence, how can the auditors believe that this invoice is your real purchase invoice?

A: However, Amazon does mention: Supplier information (name, phone number, address,

Some of the content cannot be reflected on the real invoice, such as website. Then you can leave a message in the content box when replying.

Q: What should I pay attention to when it comes to the seller information on the invoice?

A: For real invoices, be truthful. If you find other "invoice issuers", please make sure that the seller's company name has a relatively reasonable relationship with your product category, or at least there is no obvious unreasonableness.

After all, where to purchase is your choice, but you should pay attention to rationality.

Is it a bit confusing?

You, a clothes seller, purchased a batch of clothes from a company that sells building materials. How is that justified?

Q: What should I pay attention to on the goods list on the invoice?

A: Many audits specify certain ASINs, so the product names on your invoices should reasonably correspond to these products. It is best to be able to see at a glance that the goods on the invoice are the ASINs assigned to you by Amazon. Do not use general product names. You can use the ASIN product title to issue invoices, and it is best to add the ASIN suffix.

The easier you make the auditor's job, the better your chances of passing.

For invoices used for classification review, the product name on the invoice must belong to the category applied for.

Q: What should I pay attention to the quantity on the invoice?

A: Many review emails have made it very clear, at least it should match your account inventory or FBA shipment volume.

For example, if you shipped 200 units through FBA this time, but your invoice is only 10, how can this be justified?

And if the number is too small, it will seem that your "strength" is not good enough.

If Amazon does not specify the invoice for a specific ASIN product, please be aware that there must be at least 3 SKUs on one invoice, and a minimum purchase quantity of 10 for each SKU.

If it is a low-priced product, remember not to fill in too low a purchase quantity, which is also a "strength" issue...

Q: What should I pay attention to when issuing invoices?

A: Many people actually prepare invoices after receiving the review email, although the invoices required are for the past 90 days or 365 days, and the ones you issue are all fresh and hot.

This is not something to be too complicated, after all, there is such a thing as "account period".

Of course, due to the time difference, it is best to wait a few days after issuing the invoice before sending it for review. Otherwise, the invoice will be issued on May 2, and the reviewer will look at his watch and see that it is May 1. How embarrassing is that?

In addition, the invoice issuance time should be earlier than the product listing time. If this cannot be met, the invoice needs to be marked as a reissue.

Q: Is there anything else I should pay attention to on the invoice?

A: If you have to pay the other party the tax when issuing the invoice, but you feel bad about spending the money due to the large quantity, the unit price can be reduced appropriately. After all, the purchase price cannot be verified, and it seems that there is nothing else.

Q: I am a factory, how can I provide an invoice?

A: You definitely won't issue an invoice to yourself, but if the goods are made in your own factory, you at least have a purchase invoice for the raw materials. You can just provide the purchase invoice for the raw materials and explain that you are the factory (manufacturer).

There are more and more similar audit POAs on Amazon that require invoices. If you run a formal business, it is best to have some VAT invoices as backup when you purchase goods, or at least have some in case of emergency. The risk of temporary invoices always exists.