Using my account to sell again after 1 year (but had passed Tax Reporting threshold by one sale).

[corchri-57]

I sold 31 items & the obvious happened but, can I use my account to sell again after 1 year, without adding my National Insurance Number ?

[tressygirl]

If eBay have asked for your National Insurance number you have to provide this,  if you wish to carry on selling on e Bay.

eBay is asking for National Insurance numbers to comply with the UK digital sales reporting legislation, which mandates that online marketplaces report sales and seller information to HMRC. This is specifically if you meet certain sales thresholds (30 or more sales, or sales exceedin...

@corchri-57

[papso22]

If ebay asks for your NI number and you don't provide it, you will probably get a selling ban until you do, however long that is.

[jckl1957]

Even if you don't give Ebay your NI number, they will report your sales to HMRC along with your name, address, bank account details etc.

You have to make a choice - hand over that detail or stop selling on the site.

Can you say why you don't want to give Ebay your NI number?

[corchri-57]

Hi,

thanks for your reply.

Just don't really want to fill out a Tax Return Form, life has enough Red Tape as it is & I was merely selling items from a family members estate.

[corchri-57]

Hi,

thanks for your reply.

I did read all the Legislations & it does intimate that these thresholds are supposed to be for 1 Financial Year, so , surely the "Slate should be wiped clean" for the following year, or is it 30 items for the rest of your life ?

[corchri-57]

Hi,

thanks for your reply.

OMG !! a lifetime ban on Selling, seems crazy to me, as the 31 items I sold only paid out just over £400.  Not really worth filling out a Tax Return for that......

Cheers !

[jckl1957]

The tax laws did not change in January 2024.

If you are genuinely selling your own personal items that were left to you by a family member, you are unlikely to have a tax liability.

Giving your NI number to Ebay does not mean you will be contacted by HMRC or that you will have to complete a tax return.

[tommystrezures]

To add to the above, the thresholds on selling of 30 items etc are part of the oecd programme, which 38 other countries around the world are part of. Each countries tax authority will be doing the same as hmrc. The rules for tax have not changed just some of the reporting methods.

but note it’s not based on the financial year eg April to April for tax reporting purposes but calendar year eg 1st jan-31st December.