Does Vinted report you to HMRC? The rules for UK sellers

Short answer: yes, if you make 30 or more sales, or receive 2,000 euros (about £1,700) or more, on Vinted in a calendar year. Below both, your details aren't sent. Either way, being reported is not a tax bill: whether you owe anything depends on what you're selling.

What changed in 2024

From 1 January 2024, UK digital platforms have to collect information about the people selling on them and send it to HMRC once a year. It's part of an international agreement, and the EU version is called DAC7, which is why you may see that name in Vinted's messages. According to GOV.UK, information collected between 1 January and 31 December is reported to HMRC by the following 31 January.

There is no new tax. GOV.UK says so plainly. What's new is that HMRC can now see sales it previously had to take on trust.

Who gets reported

GOV.UK's wording: your details won't be reported if you make

• fewer than 30 sales of goods in a calendar year, and
• receive less than 2,000 euros (about £1,700) for those sales.

Cross either line and you're in. A busy wardrobe clear-out of 30 cheap items counts, even if it made £150. The count is per platform, so 20 sales on Vinted and 20 on another site are two separate counts.

Vinted handles this with an HMRC reporting form it asks qualifying sellers to complete. Vinted pre-fills it from your account; you confirm your details, including your National Insurance number if you have one.

Reported doesn't mean taxed

Whether you owe tax comes down to one question: are you trading?

• Selling your own things (clothes you've worn, a loft clear-out) usually isn't trading. GOV.UK says you're unlikely to pay tax on it. The exception is a single item, or set, sold for more than £6,000, which may fall under Capital Gains Tax.
• Buying or making things to sell at a profit is trading. The first £1,000 of trading income each tax year is covered by the trading allowance. Above that, you register for Self Assessment.

So a seller with 60 sales from their own wardrobe will be reported and most likely owe nothing. A reseller with 25 sales of £80 trainers won't hit the 30-sale line, but will pass €2,000, be reported, and needs to look at the trading allowance.

What to do now

1. Work out which kind of seller you are: own things, reselling, or both.
2. If you resell, keep a running total of your income for the tax year (6 April to 5 April), across every platform.
3. If that passes £1,000, register for Self Assessment by 5 October after the tax year ends.
4. Keep your buying receipts. Above the allowance you can deduct real costs instead.

The free Vinted tax checker runs through all of this with your own numbers. For the allowance in detail, read the £1,000 trading allowance explained.

General information from GOV.UK and Vinted, not tax advice. Sources: Selling goods or services on a digital platform, Tax help for hustles, Vinted UK reporting.