Amazon just made a big official announcement:Formally opened 3PL (third party logistics) services to third parties, integrating warehousing + sea, land and air transportation + distribution, playing the integrated supply chain card.

This is good news for many cross-border sellers - the goods do not have to keep an eye on themselves, the warehouse does not have to find their own, the chain is fully managed.

But there's one problem that almost all sellers are ignoring: as your money trail gets longer and your subjects more complex, the risk of compliance follows.

01 The Amazon 3PL, what has it really changed?

In the past, the standard link for Amazon sellers looked like this:
Factory shipments → FBA warehousing → platform sales → platform payment back
Short chains, few subjects and clear funding nodes.

Now, Amazon 3PL stretches the chain:
Factory shipment → Overseas 3PL warehouse → Multi-channel delivery (Amazon + independent site + other platforms) → Multiple payback accounts

It may seem like an efficiency gain, but from a fiscal compliance perspective, there are several new risk points hidden in the mix:

If you are using or planning to access Amazon 3PL and are unsure if your money trail and accounts are compliant, you can contact us today - for a free compliance diagnostic.

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02 The three most overlooked funding compliance minefields for sellers

Minefield 1: Multiple account receipts, unclear nature of incoming payments

After using Amazon 3PL, many sellers will run FBA, FBM, and multi-platform delivery at the same time. Different sources of funds into the same public account, the bank side and the tax side of the verification logic is: this money is the payment for goods? Service fee refund? Or platform subsidies? Once the nature of the confusion, the accounts can not correspond, the audit is very troublesome.

Solution: Multi-source funds are categorized and accounted for according to their nature, ensuring that there are traceable vouchers (contracts + platform statements + invoices) for each payback.

Minefield 2: Warehousing/distribution fees directly deducted by the platform are not automatically tax deductible

Amazon directly deducted from your account warehousing fees, delivery fees, service fees - many sellers think that these “already deducted is the cost”. But in the tax treatment, can do cost deduction, depends on whether you have a compliant expense voucher. In the platform direct deduction mode, if you do not take the initiative to apply for the cost bill, not into a valid certificate, these costs may not be recognized in the domestic enterprise income tax declaration.

Solution: Regularly export the expense details from the seller's back office, keep the original documents, and check them one by one when the enterprise does the accounts.

Minefield 3: VAT reporting obligations arising from multinational warehousing

Amazon 3PL covers a number of countries, and once goods are stored in a country's warehouse for more than a certain period of time or reach a sales threshold, local Value Added Tax (VAT) reporting obligations may be triggered.
EU: Harmonized declaration for OSS system, but local VAT for warehouse countries still needs to be handled separately
UK: Independent VAT system with independent filing after Brexit
Middle East: UAE/Saudi Arabia VAT are independent and cannot be mixed.
In the event of omission or misreporting, fines can be imposed in minor cases, while in serious cases, numbers can be blocked and goods can be seized.

If you already have multinational warehousing and are unsure if you need to register a local VAT, contact us - a team of professionals will help you with a multinational tax compliance assessment.

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03 Financial compliance, not just a “bookkeeping issue”

Many sellers understand tax compliance as “doing accounts and paying taxes at the end of the year”. But in the current regulatory environment, this knowledge is no longer enough. 2025, the cross-border e-commerce field of compliance regulation in three levels of synchronous upgrade:

I. Comprehensive promotion of the fourth phase of the Golden Tax
The platform data and the tax system are connected, your sales in Amazon, the amount of return, the tax end has data reference. Excessive differences with the declared data will trigger a warning.

II. Tightening of foreign exchange regulations
Sellers with a large amount of cross-border refunds, frequent account walkouts, and decentralized collection of funds from multiple accounts are in the foreign exchange bureau's field of vision. The source of funds should be reasonable and the destination should be clear.

III. Strengthening of customs inspections
Under the 3PL model, the declared subject of import and export of goods and the actual operating subject may not be the same, which is the key concern of customs audit.

The three levels stacked on top of each other mean this: capital compliance is not icing on the cake, it is the underlying construction that must be done.

04 Amazon is on the 3PL, and it's the right time to put compliance on solid footing

Many sellers encounter new business, the first reaction is “run up first, compliance later”. But often: the business runs up, the problems also accumulate, and when something goes wrong and then remedies, the cost is many times that of the business running up.

Amazon 3PL has just launched, just a rare window of time - while the business model is not yet solidified, the capital chain, accounting system, tax reporting framework, the larger the later scale, but the more worrying.

05 These are the things that Enterprise Finance can do for you

Founded in 2015, Enterprise Caiying specializes in cross-border e-commerce tax compliance for more than 10 years, serving more than 500,000 companies. In the face of the new compliance challenges brought by Amazon 3PL, what we can provide is not templated advice, but a floor-to-ceiling solution combined with your specific business structure:

✅ Cross-border financial linkage grooming:From the payment of goods into the account, platform fee deduction, profit remittance, to the final payback, to help you sort out the accounting logic of each capital node, to ensure that the incoming accounts are well documented and the outgoing accounts are compliant.

✅ Multi-country VAT compliance filing:Covering VAT registration and filing in mainstream markets such as EU (including OSS), UK, Middle East (UAE/Saudi Arabia), etc., we do not miss or fail to file, and process on time.

✅ Offshore business subject planning:In the use of Amazon 3PL, many sellers will encounter the problem of “which subject to undertake logistics contracts” and “which subject is more reasonable to receive payment”. Enterprise Caiying can assist you to do the registration of the main body in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States and other mainstream regions, with the use of the business structure.

✅ Agency bookkeeping and account reorganization:Some sellers have not done a good job in the past, and their bottom line is a mess. Enterprise Caiying provides agency bookkeeping and historical accounts organization services to help you sort out your past “muddled accounts” and lay a good foundation for subsequent compliant operation.

✅ Cross-border compliance advisory services:Business restructuring, new market entry, changes in the way of capital return ...... encountered uncertainty about compliance issues, there is an exclusive consultant to answer one-on-one, do not have to fumble with their own.

Why choose Enterprise Finance?

🔹 1. A team of experts to guide you throughout the process
Our team of nearly 400 professionals consists of senior lawyers, accountants, tax accountants and cross-border business consultants, who are well-versed in multinational finance and tax regulations and handle thousands of high-end cases annually.

🔹 2. digitally empowered, smart and efficient
We spent 20 million RMB to research and develop our own digital system “Echobao”, which standardizes the service process and visualizes the progress, making complex affairs clear and transparent.

🔹 3. Eco-links, extra value
Connecting over 500,000+ entrepreneurs' resources with domestic and international associations' platforms, we regularly organize cross-border salons and seminars on finance and tax law to help you link supply chain, logistics, payment and other resources.

🔹 4. Full-cycle accompaniment for worry-free sailing
Our services go beyond “one-time compliance”. We provide full lifecycle support from pre-consultation, mid-term implementation to post-financial and tax reporting and annual audit maintenance.

Inquire Now to Get Compliance Ahead of the Curve

Amazon is upgrading and so is regulation. The prerequisite for being big is being stable.Compliance isn't a cost, it's the bottom line of your run.

If you're using Amazon 3PL, or will be accessing it soon, feel free to chat with us about the structure of your business and see where you need to get ahead of the game:

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