topic Re: HMRC in Community Platform Discussion

HMRC

c4ri4n — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:38:43 GMT

Hi there

Does anyone know how far back, the historical information goes, that Ebay

have submitted to HMRC?? To be honest i'm bricking it at the moment.

regards c4ri4n

Re: HMRC

style_wise — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:11:30 GMT

I can see why, your account looks it should be a Business Account.

eBay says this starts from 1 Jan 2024

UK digital sales reporting | eBay

HMRC website is good for checking what you owe

Where is your additional income from? – Guidance – GOV.UK

Re: HMRC

jonatjonatjonat — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:50:23 GMT

If they decide to investigate, they can go back a lot more though, depending on what they suspect. Whether they can request this from eBay, I don’t know but they could request access to bank records.

Re: HMRC

papso22 — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:05:37 GMT

Ebay has been providing information to HMRC for years before the regulations made it a statutory requirement.

Assessments for underpaid tax can go back 20 years in cases of fraud.

Re: HMRC

brianstrebor — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:51:08 GMT

Believe that they can go back 7 years. I had the letter from HMRC and made a voluntary declaration of 3 years trading and paid what I estimated I owed which they didn't accept and requested I filled out self assessment forms. I couldn't find a tax accountant that didn't want to charge me an arm and a leg so I managed to do it my self and it was a nightmare. With what I owed plus all the late payment penalties and interest it added up to a tidy sum. All I would say, if you get the letter then find a tax accountant to help you.

Re: HMRC

jonatjonatjonat — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 07:09:35 GMT

I only noticed after posting that this was another months old post that’s been resurrected.

the OP is on a business account, though whether they were in March and before I don’t know.

Re: HMRC

theflyingwhopperstore — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:29:27 GMT

I had the dreaded brown envelope a couple of years ago & after 30 mins panic, contacted my accountant who dealt with it all.

i also stated that around 30% of my sales were private & not business related.

They checked the accounts & came back all fine apart from insisting private sales went to a different bank account.

i spoke to a lovely lady from HMRC who told they are aiming to do 1 in 10 sold traders a year but bizarrely said they had people claiming to earn £20-30k a year to get a mortgage & yet had no books at all.