Ebay have to report the sales to HMRC of all sellers whose total sales in 2024 (January to December) exceeded 30 items or about £1700.
This is not Ebay's choice - it is what all online platforms have been told to do.
"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)