I have to admit eBay forced many of us to become Business Sellers last year in affect to protect themselves not us the sellers who made their business a business. Then HMRC state that the side-hustle tax should affect us after not catching enough people who rent their garages and houses for extra income. The issue is that HMRC have effectively reduced the business from 20k before claiming as a business to £1,900 a silent almost missed change by many. So eBay then took advantage yes ADVANTAGE by now taking the low limit to either turn you into a business (more cash for them) and request your National Insurance number which btw eBay is none of your business. If i decide to file my self-employed tax return with what i have sold thats from selling my own secondhand clothes, shoes etc (which you eBay make a fortune from, i'm sure there is tax there in there somewhere isn't there other wise the additional postage levy and percentages you now take which are extortionate cannot be justfied without it) then i will do this of my own accord and not of yours. Just so that everyone is clear selling your own secondhand clothes is not taxable by HMRC or anyone else after you made a sale unless its pre ordained as part of the final fee which is another thing eBay are also misusing. Its an absolute liberty that eBay have misused this which HMRC are basically saying to sellers 'fill up more landfill or we will try to collect taxes from you!'.
So sellers you can choose to sell on eBay and allow them to misinterpret/misuse rulings from HMRC or wait 12 months for HRMC to have this right revoked as extortion on peoples rights. HMRC have made several changes all too late after people in the 80s and 90s bought houses off of welfare payments. They still do not make eBay, Starbucks, ETSY etc pay the full taxes they should be paying by basing themselves in Ireland and allowing this to take place. So eBay and HMRC feel free to pick holes in this post but one thing is for sure its accurate and highlights how society is taxed for everything we do and companies like eBay misuse these rulings to help themselves to more of our hard earned cash. For me its adios eBay after 20 plus years. You have lost more and more morals along the way and your customer service skills are now aggressive and telling people that made your business that either pay more or leave. Lets see what 2 years brings, less jobs at eBay (AI won't fill these), less income as people no longer except you poor decisions and lack of business nuance.
