Problem with Tax payer id

[Terhentuuli]

Hello,

I'm a Etsy seller from Finland and I have a problem. Etsy sent me a message that my Tax payer id is wrong and I realized that I just left the Finnish VAT register, so I guess I don't have the VAT ID anymore. My business's sales are so small that I don't need a VAT ID anymore. We have that rule in Finland, that if the activity is small enough, the business does not need to be VAT registered.

I tried to delete the VAT id number from my data, but it just keeps showing up again. Should I change my incorporated business information into the individual or sole proprietorship? However, I still have my company, I just don't have the VAT ID anymore.

Thank you for your help already in advance!

Best regards, Terhi from Terhentuuli Etsy shop

[CappuccinoLace]

Etsy are the only ones that can remove a VAT ID once entered.

You'll need to contact them and explained you are no longer VAT registered and it needs to be removed.

[Terhentuuli]

Thank you so much for your help! I contacted the help center and they removed the number. So everything is fine now, thank you!

[VadecoDesign]

Hello Terhi, I am also based in Finland and selling digital products on Etsy. Etsy requests to fill/confirm the ID Tax number and Finland I suppose we use HETU security number for indivisual. But when I filled it Etsy said it's wrong and couldn't submit. May I ask do you have to to update that as well and how did you do it? As I know our number will be for example: 123456-xxxx. Please kindly show me if you could do it successfully. Thank you very much. -Vani

[FliesAndBucktails]

Solved this one?Have the same problem.Dont except HETU or my taxpayer ID.

[FancyTogs]

@FliesAndBucktails 

The primary taxpayer ID is only for VAT registration, other numbers will not be recognised.

It is because Etsy have never understood that a VAT number is not a business or income tax registration.

HETU and other non-VAT tax IDs need to be entered further down the page in "Additional taxpayer ID".

If you have entered a non-VAT ID number in the primary taxpayer ID then you will need to contact Etsy support for them to delete it. You only get a few chances to enter a valid VAT number before it will close your shop.

Lawrence (Clare's other half)

[MottoPatch]

Hi, did anyone manage to resolve the issues with the Finnish HETU in Additional taxpayer ID field? I have the same, there is obviously a validation error, unfortunately no support from Etsy by now, and the shop is at high risk in a short term. Thank you!

[KURAZAZA]

I don't know, maybe this information will help you, although I do not live in Finland. I am from Latvia, where the taxpayer number is a personal code, which is always written in the format 000000-00000. Yesterday, Etsy asked me for this number. When I entered it in the format I'm used to, I received a message saying the code was incorrect. I tried everything – entering just the first or only the second part of the code and other tricks. It only worked when I removed the hyphen from the code and entered all the digits in order. Earlier, in one of the messages, I saw that your code also has a hyphen, try removing it..."

[MottoPatch]

Thank you really, looks like you have 1 figure more. I also tried all the possible variations, my imagination is off. I spent about 3 hours trying all the possible with and without special characters, didn't work. But thank you!

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