Amazon, Politically Exposed Person

ChamomileTao

Has anyone had an email as above asking them to confirm they are not a 'Politically Exposed Person'?

Hedgehog99

Nope, not me.

ChamomileTao

I received the email below ---

Hello,

Within 14 days, we need ................. to confirm if they are or have been a Politically Exposed Person in order to process your registration. This includes association or relation with someone who is or was a Politically Exposed Person, such as a spouse, child, or business partner.

Please ensure this person replies to this email with the confirmation, formatted as a full sentence as the example below:

I, NAME OF THE RELEVANT INDIVIDUAL, confirm that I am not, nor have I ever been, a Politically Exposed Person or have been associated/related with someone who is or was.

Full Name

For your reference, a Politically Exposed Person is a person entrusted with prominent public/political functions, such as:
Heads of state, government and cabinet ministers
Influential functionaries in nationalized industries and government administration
Senior judges
Senior party functionaries
Senior and/or influential officials, functionaries and military leaders and people with similar functions in international or supranational organizations
Members of ruling royal families
Senior and/or influential representatives of religious organizations

As a licensed payment service provider, Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A. is subject to specific obligations in order to open and maintain its accounts. These obligations include the verification of customers’ identity and address, as per the harmonized EU anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime. This includes individuals who manage or are associated with the account.

If you have any questions, you can contact us at any time (https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/gp/contact-us/contact-amazon-form.html).

Sincerely,
The Amazon Payments Team

Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A. (soci!t! en commandite par actions), partnership limited by shares, is a company registered in Luxembourg, Registration Number (RCS Luxembourg) B 153 265, with its corporate office at 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg. VAT Number LU 24448288. Amazon Payments Europe SCA is authorised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier as an Electronic Money Issuer (licence number 36/10).

Payments.amazon.co.uk and Amazon Payments are trading names of Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A.

ChamomileTao

My Amazon account is quite old so I'm not sure what it has to do with registration.

LadyDee

Have you Googled Amazon Politically Exposed Person - lots and lots of entries.

ChamomileTao

Yes, and on their own forums, they say it is legit but not WHY they want this info.

Pun

ChamomileTao wrote: »

Yes, and on their own forums, they say it is legit but not WHY they want this info.

They've told you why and given you a link for queries:

As a licensed payment service provider, Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A. is subject to specific obligations in order to open and maintain its accounts. These obligations include the verification of customers’ identity and address, as per the harmonized EU anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime. This includes individuals who manage or are associated with the account.

If you have any questions, you can contact us at any time (https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/gp/contact-us/contact-amazon-form.html).

Brooker_Dave

Amazon worries about other people paying taxes while it does its level best not to?

George_Michael

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Amazon worries about other people paying taxes while it does its level best not to?

Any sensibly run business will do their utmost to pay as little tax as possible and provided that this is done legally and is tax avoidance and not tax evasion, I don't personally see anything wrong in it.
If the governments of countries where they are operating from don't like it then surely they should change the tax laws so that people can't take advantage of the loopholes.

After all, it's not as if many MP's don't have tax avoidance schemes in place to save them money.

ballisticbrian

We all know what tax evasion is, except for some of our biggest corporations it seems...

RFW

ballisticbrian wrote: »

We all know what tax evasion is, except for some of our biggest corporations it seems...

Some of the news that comes out about Amazon on tax does make them look bad. That said they have supposed top have cleaned up their act in Europe over the last few months. Also, unlike Ebay, they have spent a lot on infrastructure in the UK and employ thousands, often in quite low employment areas.

Sending FBA items to Amazon over the last few months there seems to be a new warehouse popping up every other week. They're always huge and employ people at various levels. The jobs aren't always wonderful, I know.

On top of that they are investing in small businesses beyond letting them use their platform.

The tax system needs an overhaul to join the 21st century.