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- In a Facebook post shared nearly 6,000 times, a user protested to see the income from their sales on Vinted appear on their pre-filled tax return.
- The user of the clothing resale application considers that she has not given her consent for the transmission of her information to the tax authorities.
- However, since 2019, online platforms have been required to transmit certain data to Bercy.
“Bingo […], taxes have all Vinted sales data without me giving them the right. This is the rant published by a Facebook user against the platform at the beginning of May. On the photo of his tax return, the “total gross income” box displays the 27 transactions made on the platform and an amount of 641 euros from Vinted.
In the comments, some Internet users are surprised to see this data collected by the “Lamentable! », Protests a surfer. Others seem less surprised: “It’s written in the general conditions when you join,” wrote another.
FAKE OFF
Online sales platforms such as Vinted, Airbnb, Ebay, Blablacar or even Le Bon coin have the obligation to transmit to the tax authorities the income received by their users in two cases,
specifies the tax administration : when the seller has made more than 3,000 euros in revenue over the year via the platform, or when the number of transactions is greater than 20.
The Ministry of the Economy explains that this is a lever allowing fight against tax fraud and identify, among sellers, those who have a professional activity on the platforms.
“Vinted has no choice”
“Since 2020, online sales platforms have a declaration obligation, that is to say they are required to declare the income earned by Vinted users, to the tax authorities”, explains Aurélie Carlier, tax lawyer at Fidal Paris law firm. “Vinted has no choice but to transmit all the data relating to the seller: his identity, his address, his professional or private status on the site, as well as the total amount of his online income activities”, continues- it. This obligation arises from the Law of 23 October 2018 on the fight against fraud.
Like other online shopping sites, the clothing sales platform is also required to inform its users of the income they have generated through sending a summary before January 31 of the year.
Are income from online sales systematically taxable?
But this declaration is not necessarily synonymous with taxation. While online sales “are of an occasional nature and are carried out as part of the management of […] private patrimony, it is not a professional activity. Consequently, the income from these sales is not taxable ”, specifies Bercy. Online sales are taxable when users of the platforms buy or manufacture goods for the purpose of marketing them online.