Cross-Border Growth Guide: Prime Day Preparation and New Tax Rules in Europe and the U.S.
As Prime Day approaches, sellers need to monitor policy changes in European and U.S. markets, including updates to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), new EU rules on inventory disposal, and changes to U.S. sales-tax thresholds to maintain compliance and optimize supply-chain costs.
What are the key facts?
- 1CBAM exemption updates
- 2EU ban on disposing of unsold goods
- 3U.S. sales-tax threshold changes
What happened?
Industry experts say cross-border sellers should focus on three major policy developments: updates to CBAM exemptions, the EU ban on disposing of unsold goods, and the latest changes to U.S. sales-tax thresholds. These changes directly affect supply-chain costs and inventory-management strategies.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Complete a tax-compliance self-audit before Prime Day and optimize inventory turnover to avoid additional compliance risks arising from the EU inventory-disposal ban.