Against the background of increasingly standardized cross-border e-commerce tax regulation, many sellers are caught in tax risks and operational difficulties due to the confusion of multi-body operations, difficulty in handling non-invoiced expenditures, non-compliance of private account collections, and untimely response to policy changes.

Enterprise Caiying Group selects 6 real cases of recent services, covering multiple typical scenarios of Amazon multi-body operation, revenue splitting, Hong Kong company compliance, relocation risk, self-employment burden reduction, policy adaptation, etc., to bring you an in-depth understanding of how to achieve win-win situation for sellers at different stages of development in terms of financial and tax compliance and tax burden optimization.

Whether you're facing:
✅ Uninvoiced purchases, platform fees not deductible
✅ Disorganized multi-entity operations and unclear revenue recognition
✅ High corporate income tax and difficulty in applying small and micro policies
✅ Uncertainty about the policy on the flow back of water and subsidies for Hong Kong companies
✅ Historical problems such as private collections and late filing of returns

Enterprise Finance Ying can do it all for you:
🔹 Accurately diagnose business models and customize adaptation solutions
🔹 Build a compliant bookkeeping system to clear up historical hazards
🔹 Landing on a tax optimization path for long-term cost reduction
🔹 Full and efficient accompaniment in response to policy changes

Compliance is not the end of the road, but a new starting point for a robust cross-border business.

Case 1: Cross-border e-commerce compliance case

Client Background  

The client is an Amazon seller operating 3 companies jointly, 1 of which is a natural person sole proprietorship limited company. Import and export filings have been made, some of the subjects have public accounts, the quarterly sales of the Amazon store are about 1.5 million, and the combined sales of the 3 subjects are 2.4 million. Currently there is no standardized compliance account system, July-September quarterly filing has been overdue, no invoiced expenses have not been handled in a compliant manner.

Customer Pain Points  

1. Compliance risk of non-invoiced expenses: platform fees, logistics fees and other non-invoiced expenses cannot be deducted in a compliant manner.  

2. Corporate income tax pressure: the tax rate reaches 25% when the annual profit exceeds 3 million, and there is a lack of effective tax burden optimization path.  

3. The mixed operation of multiple subjects is confusing: income, payback and procurement are not differentiated by subject, and financial accounting is unclear.  

4. Late filing and unfamiliar operation: July-September filing has been overdue and unfamiliar with the platform data download and voucher organization.

prescription  

1. Compliance account construction: complete overdue corrective filings, subsequent monthly filings, and sort out income and expenditures according to actual operations.  

2. Handling of non-invoiced expenditures: provide guidance on re-signing contracts and receipts, and build a chain of compliant vouchers; prioritize payments from public accounts for invoicing.  

3. Tax burden optimization: apply for export tax rebate and exemption filing, prepayment of enterprise income tax according to the actual profit, and later reduction of burden through the invoicing of individual households in the park.  

4. Employment standardization: guide to declare the wages of 1-2 people, avoiding the risk of social security dependency.  

5. Multi-subject operation sorting: 3 companies unified package to do the accounts, guidance according to the main body to separate the goods, back to the money.

Feedback: The client has successfully built a multi-agency compliance account system, corrected historical overdue declarations, realized compliant deductions for non-invoiced expenditures, significantly alleviated tax pressure, and effectively controlled subsequent operational risks.

Case 2: Cross-border e-commerce tax planning case

Client Background: An enterprise mainly engaged in Amazon household daily necessities, established more than 3 years ago, with annual revenue of 4.5-5 million RMB. The original place of registration is not in Shenzhen, and plans to relocate; due to the characteristics of the Amazon platform, a large number of costs can not obtain compliance certificates, and the revenue of more than 3 million can not enjoy the preferential treatment of small and micro-enterprises.

Customer Pain Points  

1. High tax burden: revenue over 3 million, unable to enjoy small and micro-enterprise preferences, high corporate income tax rate.  

2. Missing cost vouchers: a large number of purchases and operating costs are not invoiced, and taxable income is inflated.  

3. Relocation compliance risk: not clear about the requirements of the office address in Shenzhen, the fear of triggering tax anomalies.  

4. Difficulty in revenue splitting: large revenue scale of a single entity and lack of reasonable splitting structure.

prescription  

1. Optimization of enterprise income tax: designing the mode of "main body + split body", the new body's revenue is controlled within 3 million, and enjoys small and micro concessions.  

2. Individual authorized household construction: set up two individual authorized households to undertake procurement and logistics operations and complete cost vouchers.  

3.Shenzhen Address Compliance Guarantee: Provide real office address and 3-year tax compliance monitoring service.  

4. Business splitting landing guidance: the whole process of guiding the splitting of new and old subjects, contract combing, capital flow optimization.

Feedback: The client successfully completed the relocation to Shenzhen and set up the spin-off structure, the new subject enjoys the small and micro concessions, the self-employed households make up the full cost vouchers, the overall tax burden is reduced, and there are zero tax anomalies after the relocation.

Case 3: Cross-border e-commerce compliance case

Client background: channel recommended by the e-commerce customers, has built their own Hong Kong company with 1039 model, concerned about compliance costs, tend to low flow of water to promote, partner off-site affect the efficiency of decision-making.

Customer Pain Points  

1. Policy risk: Hong Kong's re-export trade model is no longer applicable due to policy changes and needs to be re-adapted to the program.  

2. Cost control concerns: peers offer lower prices, customers are price sensitive.  

3. Inefficient internal docking: partners are off-site and payment delays affect progress.

prescription  

1. Professional adjustment of the program: immediately after the policy change, we meet with clients and bring tax experts to communicate with them at home, and optimize the program to fit the compliance program.  

2. Price balance: emphasize the professionalism of the service, to determine the "80,000 / year for three months" program to meet the cost-effective demand.  

Feedback: The client accepted the optimized solution and completed the payment, the compliance process started smoothly, the policy risk was avoided, and the internal docking efficiency was improved.

Case 4: Cross-border E-commerce Tax Compliance Case

Client background: old tax client, mainly engaged in Amazon toy sales, quarterly sales of 70,000 in July-September, supplier invoicing needs to add 13% tax points. No direct business costs, high gross margin, labor and social security cost pressure.

Customer Pain Points  

1. Shortage of cost tickets: inflated profits and tax pressure.  

2. Social Security Compliance Risk: Failure to pay social security in accordance with the law exposes you to the risk of retroactive payments and penalties.  

3. High tax burden: high level of profitability but high tax burden due to lack of costs.

prescription

1. Optimization of personnel costs: the majority of personnel are remunerated through the approved collection model for individual businesses, while retaining the normal salary and social security coverage for core personnel.  

2. Comparison of tax-financed options: visualization of the cost-effectiveness of the no-voucher cost versus the tax-financed option.  

3. Multi-subject splitting proposal: Communicate to split multiple subject companies to decentralize business and reduce tax burden.

Feedback: The client has successfully implemented the tax planning solution for self-employed persons, which significantly reduces the cost pressure, effectively avoids the social security risk, and optimizes the tax burden.

Case 5: Cross-border e-commerce tax compliance case

Client background: old client, operating several Amazon stores, no import and export rights, no public accounts for some subjects. Revenue scale is unspecified and may enjoy VAT exemption for small taxpayers.

Customer Pain Points  

1. Ambiguous declaration of income: it is not clear whether the declaration is based on "payment by guests" or "actual payment".  

2. High tax compliance risk: not enjoying cross-border tax exemption policy, lack of invoices and zero declaration risk co-exist.  

3. Cost ticket confusion: low willingness of suppliers to invoice, 1688 procurement lack of serious tickets.  

4. Non-compliance with the flow of funds: part of the income was not transferred to the public accounts and private collections were common.

prescription  

1. Filing guidance: Clearly file according to the actual amount of the call, and standardize the deductions to be included in the cost.  

2. Compliance policy landing: assist in the import and export rights, guidance to enjoy tax exemption and exemption policy.  

3. Bill processing: Provide solutions for missing bills and guidance on provisional cost reporting and quarterly cleanup.  

4. Public account management: guidance to open public accounts, binding enterprise Alipay, standardize the flow of funds.  

5. Financial training: Specialized training for corporate finance staff.

Feedback on results: Customers' income declarations are standardized, import and export rights are handled smoothly, the problem of lack of invoices is solved systematically, and the compliance of fund flow is improved.

Case 6: Cross-border e-commerce tax compliance case

Client Background  

Referral from old customer, owns a Hong Kong company established in 2021, 3 stores in mainland China (1 operated on behalf of the company), Amazon annual water flow of 2-3 million, directly attributed to the Hong Kong company.

Customer Pain Points  

1. Procurement risk without invoices: After the launch of the data push system on July 1, "no invoice" has become the focus of supervision, which is prone to trigger verification penalties.  

2. Demand for subsidy application: Wish to understand the subsidy policy of BUD and EMF in Hong Kong.

prescription

1. Compliance account construction: propose specifications for voucher retention, fund provisioning, offshore account synchronization, etc., quote and develop a detailed plan.  

2. Subsidized consulting support: Arrange Hong Kong subsidized teacher Tencent meeting for in-depth communication of BUD and EMF details.  

3. Professional analysis and response: pointing out the risk of not having a ticket and committing to reorganizing the offer to reflect the good faith of the cooperation.

Feedback: The customer recognizes the compliance account solution and promotes cooperation, the path of subsidy application is clear, and the trust and cooperation intention are significantly enhanced.