Selling on ebay whilst BR

timpe

Hiyoh,

I'm thinking about selling an item on ebay to help pay for some much needed car repairs. I might get £200 for it if I'm lucky. Am I allowed to do this while BR and/or should I declare it? Also how would the OR find out I'd done it of I didn't declare it?

Thanks

Timpe

WLITC

Strickly speaking you should advise the OR in you recieve any additional income. If its a one off they aren't likey to take it off you. However, if you don't report it, its also extremly unlike they would fine out. The only likely way for them to find out would be if they went through you bank statements and saw the credit from Paypal .. however, its only in very rare circumstances (if in an IPA negociation you argue you need higher than normal allowances for an item, they might ask for statements to back up that you are spending that amount on said items) that the OR would ask to see statements after the original submission of these for the OR interview process.

southgrange

Get a mate to sell it via their eBay account so no paper trail

timpe wrote: »

Hiyoh,

I'm thinking about selling an item on ebay to help pay for some much needed car repairs. I might get £200 for it if I'm lucky. Am I allowed to do this while BR and/or should I declare it? Also how would the OR find out I'd done it of I didn't declare it?

Thanks

Timpe

BaldEagle

Or just keep the money in your PayPal account. I'm guessing the OR doesn't check these kind of things?

alastairq

I'm pretty sure a BR is allowed to sell things...providing the OR hasn't declared an interest in them in the first place.

getting_informed

Call the OR and ask before you sell it, because failure to do so is a criminal offence punishable by up to 7 years in prison. Is it worth it to raise £200?

I hope the answer is no. So be up front, call the Examiner and ask.

dmg24

welshladinthecity wrote: »

Strickly speaking you should advise the OR in you recieve any additional income. If its a one off they aren't likey to take it off you. However, if you don't report it, its also extremly unlike they would fine out. The only likely way for them to find out would be if they went through you bank statements and saw the credit from Paypal .. however, its only in very rare circumstances (if in an IPA negociation you argue you need higher than normal allowances for an item, they might ask for statements to back up that you are spending that amount on said items) that the OR would ask to see statements after the original submission of these for the OR interview process.

southgrange wrote: »

Get a mate to sell it via their eBay account so no paper trail

BaldEagle wrote: »

Or just keep the money in your PayPal account. I'm guessing the OR doesn't check these kind of things?

Three posts advocating fraud ... and people wonder why BRs have a bad name.

alastairq

As I said, If the OR has no interest in your property, then it is yours to dispose of as you see fit.

It is not income....unless you are selling it as a trader.

I had a similar issue with two of my vehicles....I purchased the OR's 'interest' in them....therefore I could sell them if I so wished.....

Imagine if you could not have a 'garage sale?'

BaldEagle

dmg24 wrote: »

Three posts advocating fraud ... and people wonder why BRs have a bad name.

Mine was more of a question than suggestion.

tigerfeet2006

Alistair is right. If the OR has no interest in the items you want to sell then you can sell them and use the money how you wish. What you want to do is fine.

southgrange

Great shout!

alastairq wrote: »

As I said, If the OR has no interest in your property, then it is yours to dispose of as you see fit.

It is not income....unless you are selling it as a trader.

I had a similar issue with two of my vehicles....I purchased the OR's 'interest' in them....therefore I could sell them if I so wished.....

Imagine if you could not have a 'garage sale?'