HMRC sent online marketplace letter for undeclared sales.

mancmanc · 22 March at 2:18PM

My partner recieved a letter from HMRC today stating they believe she has undeclared sales on marketplace up to year ending 22/23.

I have an online eBay business with various eBay accounts and some are in my name, some are in my wife's name.

I have emailed them to the email address on the letter telling them that the retail sales we had online is from my business and are declared on my tax returns. I have given them my UTP and NI number.

What happens now? how long do they take to reply and will it cause problems that the sales are in her name as well?

Thanks

Dazed_and_C0nfused · 22 March at 2:52PM

mancmanc said:

My partner recieved a letter from HMRC today stating they believe she has undeclared sales on marketplace up to year ending 22/23.

I have an online eBay business with various eBay accounts and some are in my name, some are in my wife's name.

I have emailed them to the email address on the letter telling them that the retail sales we had online is from my business and are declared on my tax returns. I have given them my UTP and NI number.

What happens now? how long do they take to reply and will it cause problems that the sales are in her name as well?

Thanks

What has your partner done in response to the letter?

I wouldn't expect a reply straight back, especially as it was aimed at your partner.

You certainly seem to have made life complicated!

mancmanc · 22 March at 2:54PM

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

mancmanc said:

My partner recieved a letter from HMRC today stating they believe she has undeclared sales on marketplace up to year ending 22/23.

I have an online eBay business with various eBay accounts and some are in my name, some are in my wife's name.

I have emailed them to the email address on the letter telling them that the retail sales we had online is from my business and are declared on my tax returns. I have given them my UTP and NI number.

What happens now? how long do they take to reply and will it cause problems that the sales are in her name as well?

Thanks

What has your partner done in response to the letter?

I wouldn't expect a reply straight back, especially as it was aimed at your partner.

You certainly seem to have made life complicated!

My partner hasn't done anything, I just emailed them. Is it going to cause a lot of problems?

Dazed_and_C0nfused · 22 March at 2:57PM

mancmanc said:

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

mancmanc said:

My partner recieved a letter from HMRC today stating they believe she has undeclared sales on marketplace up to year ending 22/23.

I have an online eBay business with various eBay accounts and some are in my name, some are in my wife's name.

I have emailed them to the email address on the letter telling them that the retail sales we had online is from my business and are declared on my tax returns. I have given them my UTP and NI number.

What happens now? how long do they take to reply and will it cause problems that the sales are in her name as well?

Thanks

What has your partner done in response to the letter?

I wouldn't expect a reply straight back, especially as it was aimed at your partner.

You certainly seem to have made life complicated!

My partner hasn't done anything, I just emailed them. Is it going to cause a lot of problems?

Well presumably she is going to reply at some point given the letter was addressed to her.

Hoenir · 22 March at 3:13PM

mancmanc said:

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

mancmanc said:

My partner recieved a letter from HMRC today stating they believe she has undeclared sales on marketplace up to year ending 22/23.

I have an online eBay business with various eBay accounts and some are in my name, some are in my wife's name.

I have emailed them to the email address on the letter telling them that the retail sales we had online is from my business and are declared on my tax returns. I have given them my UTP and NI number.

What happens now? how long do they take to reply and will it cause problems that the sales are in her name as well?

Thanks

What has your partner done in response to the letter?

I wouldn't expect a reply straight back, especially as it was aimed at your partner.

You certainly seem to have made life complicated!

My partner hasn't done anything, I just emailed them. Is it going to cause a lot of problems?

The letter is addressed to your partner. They should be providing the information (i.e. making a formal declaration) as to how the sales are accounted for.

Presumably you've got detailed records to substantiate how all the transactions via all the various Ebay accounts are accounted for.

Why is this particular business in her name but declared as your income ?

Nomunnofun1 · 22 March at 3:18PM

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

mancmanc said:

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

mancmanc said:

My partner recieved a letter from HMRC today stating they believe she has undeclared sales on marketplace up to year ending 22/23.

I have an online eBay business with various eBay accounts and some are in my name, some are in my wife's name.

I have emailed them to the email address on the letter telling them that the retail sales we had online is from my business and are declared on my tax returns. I have given them my UTP and NI number.

What happens now? how long do they take to reply and will it cause problems that the sales are in her name as well?

Thanks

What has your partner done in response to the letter?

I wouldn't expect a reply straight back, especially as it was aimed at your partner.

You certainly seem to have made life complicated!

My partner hasn't done anything, I just emailed them. Is it going to cause a lot of problems?

Well presumably she is going to reply at some point given the letter was addressed to her.

I can’t imagine any action being taken on this e-mail as HMRC has no authority from the op to represent his partner.

Can. Of. Worms. Opened.

mancmanc · 22 March at 3:37PM

She has emailed them too stating the same.
We have multiple ebay accounts in both names as to take advantage of ebay offers in the past. We have been together our whole adult life so kind of share everything.

every year I run off all the sales from all accounts and combine them and do my tax return.

She has now emailed them saying the same as me, all sales are submitted on my partners tax return and said that I have also emailed them to this effect.

Ayr_Rage · 22 March at 3:42PM

Sounds absolutely bonkers, she is the one that should be paying any tax on her account.

That can of worms may result in a bigger audit by the tax man, hope you have kept all of your records.

mancmanc · 22 March at 3:44PM

Ayr_Rage said:

Sounds absolutely bonkers, she is the one that should be paying any tax on her account.

That can of worms may result in a bigger audit by the tax man, hope you have kept all of your records.

Would they not just look to see I have submitted the relevant amount of sales in my tax and move on?

Nomunnofun1 · 22 March at 3:47PM

mancmanc said:

She has emailed them too stating the same.
We have multiple ebay accounts in both names as to take advantage of ebay offers in the past. We have been together our whole adult life so kind of share everything.

every year I run off all the sales from all accounts and combine them and do my tax return.

She has now emailed them saying the same as me, all sales are submitted on my partners tax return and said that I have also emailed them to this effect.

Your problem is that your partner has multiple eBay accounts in her name and, therefore, a ‘business’ in her name. Are payments made to and from a bank account in her name?

You may need professional advice to untangle this.

silvercar · 22 March at 3:52PM

Hopefully hmrc will be pragmatic, the income has been declared and the tax paid. People have online accounts, whether they are eBay, vinted, Etsy, Facebook marketplace etc in all sorts of names to take advantage of promotions etc I know of friends who have accounts in the name of young children, deceased relatives and of pets