As a seller on Meitodo, you can’t avoid the hurdle of obtaining an RFC tax number. The four common options available—using a SAS tax number, using an SA tax number, registering your own SAS company, and registering your own SA company—all have completely different cost and risk structures.

Cheaper isn't always better, and more expensive doesn't necessarily mean safer. This article will help you break it down step by step.

On June 1, 2026, Xinhua News Agency was authorized to release State Council Order No. 837—the “State Council Regulations on Foreign Investment.” This administrative regulation will officially take effect on July 1, just 15 days from now.

How important is it? To put it simply: This is the first administrative regulation specifically aimed at the ”going global” strategy in the more than 40 years since China opened up to the outside world.

In the past, foreign investment was governed by the *Foreign Investment Law* as the overarching legislation, and there has always been a legal basis for ”bringing in” foreign investment. However, the ”going global” sector had long been regulated only at the regulatory level, and in practice, ODI (outward direct investment) filing had become a gray area where many companies followed a ”get on board first, buy the ticket later” approach. Decree No. 837 has completely transformed this situation.

If your cross-border business is operated through a Hong Kong company, we recommend that you read this article carefully.

As a Meike Duo seller, you’ll have to face this challenge sooner or later.

It’s not that “cross-border stores are bad and domestic stores are good”; rather, the differences in traffic structure, tax costs, and profit margins between these two models are far greater than most people realize.

This article won’t make the decision for you, but it will lay out the facts for you from five different perspectives. After reading it, you should have your answer.

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On June 1, Amazon’s Value-Added Tax (VAT) Calculation Service (VCS) for its European sites officially updated its calculation logic.

Key Change: The VAT calculation method has been changed from ”calculating VAT separately for each item” to ”calculating VAT based on the entire invoice (at the shipment level).”

It’s been in effect for 15 days, and you may not have noticed—but your VAT return data may already be showing discrepancies. When the tax authorities cross-check the figures, you’ll be the one whose numbers don’t add up.

I. What Has Actually Changed? A Table Explains It All