Yesterday looked at an item on here and was very tempted to buy but as usual I went to check feedback. Feedback was 100% and 18,798 and total sales of 29,000 and then I realised this was a PRIVATE seller. Needless to say I didn't buy the item. Thankfully Ebay will have to report these sellers to HMRC next year.
But will eBay report these to HMRC? I'm not holding out much hope.
I've now given up reporting 'private' sellers to eBay as in each case they come back to me to say "We looked into your report and didn’t find the listing to be in violation of our policy."
Thankfully Ebay will have to report these sellers to HMRC next year.
Unfortunately it doesn’t matter as the likely hood is (unless totally stupid of course) that they are declaring their activity to HMRC. HMRC are only interested in the tax element and will care not a jot that the seller is trading illegally.
Ebay haven’t helped by making it free to sell on a private account, so no wonder really that so many businesses are hiding behind a private account status. Just a bl***y nightmare for those of us trying to stay fully legal.
