WHAT HAPPENED
VAT for online sellers across Etsy, eBay, Amazon and Vinted: thresholds, platform reporting rules and what changes once you register. Say you sell handmade jewellery on Etsy, vintage finds on eBay and stock clear-outs on Vinted: every sale you make in the course of a business counts towards the same threshold, and the platforms themselves are now telling HMRC what you earn. For years, many women running craft, vintage and handmade businesses treated each marketplace as its own little world. Etsy income felt separate from eBay income; both felt separate from a Facebook Marketplace sale or a Vinted wardrobe clear-out. That separation was never accurate for VAT purposes, and since January 2024 it has become much harder to overlook.
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