Is the taxman coming for YOUR 味方する hustle? Airbnb, Ebay and Uber to を引き渡す income data 直接／まっすぐに to HMRC
- New 税金 支配するs could see thousands of people who sell items and services online
- Anyone who earns over £1,000 in extra income a year becomes liable for 税金
- If you make even £1 above your 年次の allowances you need to tell the taxman?
- eBay, Uber and Airbnb ordered to 報告（する）／憶測 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about 使用者s to HMRC
Anyone who makes money from their hobbies and selling items online could be 攻撃する，衝突する with 税金 法案s and 罰金s unless they get their 税金 事件／事情／状勢s in order now, 専門家s are 警告.
広範囲にわたる new 税金 支配するs will be introduced on January 1, which could see thousands of people who earn a bit of extra income 存在 caught out by the taxman if they 港／避難所’t 宣言するd it.
Those 影響する／感情d 含む anyone who buys and sells 着せる／賦与するs and 世帯 items using online marketplaces, sells homemade （手先の）技術s or baked goods 経由で the internet, 作品 as a driver or rents out a holiday home 経由で an online 壇・綱領・公約.
Almost a third of UK 労働者s have 設立する ways to earn a bit of extra cash as the cost-of-living 危機 squeezes their income, によれば a 調査する by comparison website money.co.uk.
Robert Salter, a director at 税金 and accountancy 会社／堅い Blick Rothenberg, says: ‘With the new 支配するs coming in next January, now is a natural time to check your 税金 事件／事情／状勢s and make sure you have no historical 問題／発行するs.’
厳重取締: New 税金 支配するs, to be introduced on January 1st, could see thousands of people who earn extra income 存在 caught out by the taxman if they 港／避難所’t been 宣言するing it
Anyone who earns いっそう少なく than £1,000 on 味方する gigs in a 税金 year does not have to 支払う／賃金 税金 or 宣言する this income, thanks to the 貿易（する）ing Allowance.
You can also earn up to £7,500 税金-解放する／自由な from letting out furnished accommodation in your home, under the Rent A Room 計画／陰謀.
However, if you make even £1 above your 年次の allowances then you need to tell the taxman, either by 接触するing HMRC and asking for your 税金 code to be changed or through a self-査定／評価 税金 return.
New 規則s from January 1 will 要求する 数字表示式の 壇・綱領・公約s such as eBay, Uber and Airbnb to 報告（する）／憶測 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about the income of their 使用者s 直接／まっすぐに to HMRC.
Until now, HMRC has been able to request this data on an 広告 hoc basis, but from January 1 it will start to be given automatically.
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その上に, from this date 数字表示式の 壇・綱領・公約s based overseas ― 含むing for holiday lets in Europe ― will have to 報告（する）／憶測 to HMRC about their UK 居住（者） 販売人s.
HMRC has （ーのために）とっておくd £36.69 million, 含むing 24 十分な-time staff, to 施行する this new 手段.
夜明け 登録（する）, 長，率いる of 税金 論争 決意／決議 at accountancy 会社／堅い BDO, says that 税金 当局 have struggled to keep up with 数字表示式の 革新s in the gig economy, but are now playing catch-up 急速な／放蕩な and leaving より小数の 適切な時期s for people 捜し出すing to hide income.
‘The （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） will make it easier for HMRC to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する and 取り組む 税金 回避,’ she 追加するs.
‘It will therefore be even more important for taxpayers to 確実にする they are 正確に 報告（する）／憶測ing their income from all sources.’
Who needs to 支払う／賃金 税金?
Although the 数字表示式の 壇・綱領・公約s will 報告（する）／憶測 income （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to HMRC, it is still up to the individual to 宣言する their own income and 支払う／賃金 any 税金 予定.
You only need to 支払う／賃金 税金 if you’re considered a ‘仲買人’ by HMRC. This usually means that you buy and sell online 定期的に to make a 利益（をあげる）. You can check how HMRC 見解（をとる）s your circumstances at gov.uk/check-付加-income-税金.
For example, if you （疑いを）晴らす out your attic and sell your unwanted items online without ーするつもりであるing to make a 利益（をあげる）, this is ありそうもない to be 分類するd as 貿易（する）ing even if you 越える your £1,000 allowance.
類似して, if you occasionally make cakes for friends and family and they 支払う／賃金 you small sums to say thank you, then you may not have to 支払う／賃金 税金 on it.
However, if you often buy and sell 着せる／賦与するs online to make a 利益（をあげる）, you could 直面する a 法案.
Extra income: Almost a third of UK 労働者s have 設立する ways to earn a bit of extra cash as the cost of living squeezes their income
What about my historic income?
It is not enough to start 支払う／賃金ing 税金s now. ‘There are a lot of people who are going to have to clean up their history 同様に,’ says Robert.
He explains that if you have been 収入 a small 量 over your allowance, you can usually とじ込み／提出する 税金 returns for those years retrospectively and 支払う／賃金 the 税金 予定.
‘There is a slight chance that HMRC will 問題／発行する 刑罰，罰則s, but in a lot of 事例／患者s if you 反対／詐欺 tact HMRC proactively and have small 法案s to 支払う／賃金, you should be 承認する,’ he says.
However, if you have larger sums to 宣言する or have とじ込み／提出するd 税金 returns and did not について言及する your extra income, you will need to make a voluntary 公表，暴露, he 追加するs.
This is where you 接触する HMRC and tell it about the income you have 以前 failed to 公表する／暴露する. By 接触するing HMRC yourself, you should be given a いっそう少なく 厳しい 刑罰，罰則.
You can also help to keep any 罰金s in check by 答える／応じるing to その後の correspondence from HMRC 敏速に and 支払う／賃金ing the 税金 予定 すぐに.
‘It may take some months to receive a final 税金 法案 from HMRC, but you could 支払う／賃金 an 概算の sum すぐに on account to show 好意／親善,’ Robert 追加するs.
You may have to 完全にする 税金 returns to 宣言する the money earned from your hobbies, even if you have no other income and earn below your basic personal allowance of £12,570.
‘A lot of people think they do not need to とじ込み／提出する a 税金 return because they have no 所得税 to 支払う／賃金. But they still need to because they may 背負い込む a 国家の 保険 法案,’ says Robert.
When are the 最終期限s?
Any income for the 税金 year ending on April 5 this year needs to be 報告（する）／憶測d to HMRC by January 31 next year.
夜明け 追加するs: ‘The new 支配するs mean that （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） will be collected from January 1, so 衝撃 the 現在の 税金 year ending April 5 next year.’
The sooner you 通知する HMRC the better. If you are とじ込み／提出するing historical 税金 returns, you may be ab le to give notice to HMRC that you ーするつもりである to とじ込み／提出する and will then have three months from that date to do so.
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