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Selling online and paying taxes

Find out if you need to pay tax on income from goods or services traded online.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 5 January 2023
• Last updated: 3 January 2024 — See all updates

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Selling online and paying taxes - information sheet

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If you regularly sell goods or services through an online marketplace you could be classed as a ‘trader’.

Find out what this this means, if it applies to you, and how this might affect the tax you need to pay.

Published 5 January 2023
Last updated 3 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 3 January 2024

   The page has been updated with information regarding digital platform reporting rules, and with additional examples of when someone may need to pay tax when selling goods or services via an online marketplace.

2. 5 January 2023

   First published.