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The investigation is led by the Berlin-Neukoelln tax office,
which is responsible for value added tax (VAT) registration of
Chinese retailers in Germany, the paper said. The federal state
of Berlin declined to comment.
Amazon said that retailers using the U.S. group's platform as a
marketplace are independent enterprises and are responsible for
their own tax obligations.
A German taxpayers' union said in November that Germany could be
losing out on 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) annually because
online retailers from China, or other non-EU states, fail to pay
value added taxes of 19 percent, knowingly or not.
Britain in November said it would introduce measures to hold
online marketplaces like eBay <EBAY.O> and Amazon.com
accountable when sellers on their platforms do not collect and
pay VAT.
(Reporting by Matthias Inverardi and Tom Koerkemeier; Writing by
Christoph Steitz; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)
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