{"id":25777,"date":"2024-02-07T15:27:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=25777"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:27:50","slug":"hmrcs-side-hustle-tax-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/hmrcs-side-hustle-tax-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC\u2019s \u2018side hustle tax\u2019 misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The news surrounding HMRC taxing &#8216;side hustles&#8217; like eBay and other online sellers from the start of 2024 was, in fact, not entirely as it seemed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A crop of stories across social and traditional media swirled across the start of the new year about HMRC cracking down on \u2018side hustle\u2019 tax from 1 January, leaving sellers using sites like eBay and Vinted feeling uncertain. Coming after an early December announcement that HMRC had effectively closed its main self-assessment helpline until 1 February 2024, the story only fuelled the outrage directed at the Revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Except that it was not fresh news or, even, news at all. There was no new \u2018side hustle\u2019 tax. HMRC was starting the first year in which digital platforms, such as eBay, would be required to automatically report details of sellers who in a calendar year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Had sales of at least \u20ac2,000 (about \u00a31,725 at current exchange rates); or<\/li>\n<li>Made at least 30 sales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further, this was not a UK-led law as revealed by the denominating currency. The initiative started with a set of model rules published in July 2020 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), of which the UK is a member, aimed at reducing tax avoidance via digital platforms. The first reports from platforms will not be sent to HMRC until January 2025 and will cover only the current year.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to fears raised online in the New Year, neither HMRC nor the OECD have any interest in the sale of personal items no longer required, whether clothing or mobile phones. The new reporting requirements are for people who are trading \u2013 buying and selling goods with the aim of making a profit, something that has always been taxable.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth bearing in mind that there is also a little-known trading allowance, which exempts from tax \u00a31,000 of trading income (before expenses) in a tax year. A similar \u00a31,000 allowance applies to property income (also before expenses), which matters here because Airbnb falls within the scope of the reporting regime.<\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of lessons to learn from this saga of the \u2018side hustle\u2019 tax. The first is that tax is rarely simple and media information \u2013 especially social media \u2013 can be misinformation. The second is that HMRC\u2019s ability to gain insight into your sources of income is ever-expanding.<\/p>\n<p>You have been warned\u2026<\/p>\n<p>To discuss your financial planning, contact our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/financial-services\/\"><strong>Sheffield based Financial Advisers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>0114 266 4432<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@smh.group\"><strong>info@smh.group<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news surrounding HMRC taxing &#8216;side hustles&#8217; like eBay and other online sellers from the start of 2024 was, in fact, not entirely as it seemed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[1214,1217,1213,1212,1215,1211,1216],"class_list":["post-25777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smh-accounting-business-advisory","category-financial-services","tag-ebaysellers","tag-ecommercetrends","tag-hmrcupdates","tag-onlinecommerce","tag-secondhandmarket","tag-taxationnews","tag-taxregulations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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