The short answer
- Who gets reported: sellers with at least 30 sales, or more than €2,000 (about £1,700), in a calendar year. Either one is enough.
- When: Vinted reports each calendar year by the next 31 January. Sales in 2026 are reported by 31 January 2027, and it must give you a copy by the same date.
- What it means: HMRC says a report "does not automatically mean that you owe tax". Selling your own unwanted things is unlikely to be taxable, however many you sell.
- When you do owe: if you bought or made things to sell, that's likely to be trading. Over £1,000 of trading income in a tax year, you normally need to tell HMRC.
What did you get from Vinted?
| What you've seen | What it is | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| A message asking you to complete a seller report or give your National Insurance number | You've reached a limit this year. Vinted fills in the form and asks you to confirm your details and add your NI number, or say you don't have one. It says the number only goes to HMRC, and asks for the form before the end of the year. | Complete it inside the app or site. It isn't a tax return. |
| A copy of your report or an email saying your details were shared | What Vinted told HMRC about last calendar year: your details and your income by quarter. | Keep it, then use the check below. |
| A letter from HMRC about your online sales | HMRC asking you to check your income, or something more formal. | Don't ignore it. See our HMRC letter guide. |
| A text or email with a link asking for your NI number, bank details or a payment | Treat it as a likely scam, whoever it claims to be from. | Don't tap it. Open the Vinted app yourself. Check HMRC messages on gov.uk. |
Vinted's help pages don't say what happens if you leave the seller report undone, so if you can't complete it, ask Vinted.
Reported and owing tax are two separate questions
The limits decide what Vinted tells HMRC. Whether you owe depends on why you were selling. So all four of these can happen:
| Seller, in one year | Reported? | Normally need to tell HMRC? |
|---|---|---|
| 35 of your own old clothes, £400 in total | Yes (30 sales) | No: your own things |
| 10 of your own things, £200 in total | No | No: your own things |
| 20 charity shop finds resold for £1,300 | No (under both limits) | Yes: trading, over £1,000 |
| 60 charity shop finds resold for £2,500 | Yes | Yes: trading, over £1,000 |
Rows assume the sales fall in one tax year as well as one calendar year, and no other trading income. If one of your own items or a set sold for over £6,000, you may need to pay Capital Gains Tax on it.
Check: turn your report into tax years
Type in the quarters from your report. No report yet? Use your own sales totals for each quarter.
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Why the report's total isn't your tax figure
- Wrong dates. It covers January to December. Tax years run from 6 April to 5 April, so one report falls in two tax years, and neither is complete.
- After fees. gov.uk says it shows what you earned "less any fees, commission or taxes deducted by the platform". The £1,000 test is on income before costs.
- Everything you sold. It doesn't separate your old coat from a jacket you bought to resell. Only the trading counts towards the £1,000.
- Not your profit. Tax is charged on profit, after the allowance or your real costs. The report doesn't know what you paid for anything.
gov.uk is plain about it: these reports "do not replace your normal business records or tax calculations". You also add in any other trading income, from other apps or a market stall.
Worked example: one report, two tax years
Priya (an invented example) resells charity shop finds and has no other trading income. Her report for 2026 shows £300, £400, £500 and £600 for the four quarters: £1,800 in total, with no fees taken off.
| Tax year | From this report | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (to 5 April 2026) | about £321.98: January to March, plus 5 of April to June's 91 days | Not over £1,000 yet. She adds her sales from 6 April to 31 December 2025, on last year's report or in her records. |
| 2026/27 (from 6 April 2026) | about £1,478.02 | Over £1,000 even if every April to June sale was before 6 April. She registers by 5 October 2027, and files and pays by 31 January 2028. |
So £1,800 on the report doesn't mean tax on £1,800. Her bill depends on her 2026/27 profit, which the calculator can estimate.
Common questions
Why is Vinted asking for my National Insurance number?
Platforms must collect sellers' details, including a National Insurance number for individuals in the UK, to report them. Vinted calls this the seller report and says it only shares the number with HMRC. Give it inside the Vinted app or site, never through a link in a text or email.
I've stayed under 30 sales and £1,700. Am I in the clear?
Not necessarily. The reporting limits only decide what Vinted sends to HMRC. If you bought or made things to sell and took more than £1,000 in a tax year, you normally need to tell HMRC even if Vinted never reports you.
Can I use the total on my report on my tax return?
Not as it stands. The report covers a calendar year but tax years run from 6 April to 5 April. It is after the platform's fees, while the £1,000 test is before costs, and it can include your own items. Work from your own dated sales records.
Do eBay, Etsy and Depop report to HMRC too?
Yes, the same rules apply to digital platforms generally, with the same limits for goods: fewer than 30 sales and less than €2,000 keeps you out of the report. Each platform chooses how it delivers your copy, for example by email or an app notification. A platform based abroad can sometimes report through another country's tax authority instead.
Keeping records
A dated list of sales makes the split above exact: date, item, sale price, fees, postage, what you paid. A spreadsheet you set up yourself works fine. If you'd rather not build one, our bookkeeping spreadsheet for Etsy, eBay, Vinted and Depop sellers (£12.99, Excel or Google Sheets) totals your tax year. It's made by the same people as this site and is optional.
Next: check which Vinted tax rules apply to you, see your registration dates, or read our HMRC letter guide.