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New tax rules for Ebay & Co.: What citizens' income recipients should now pay attention to

2023-01-26T16:21:53.865Z


When it comes to online sales, citizens' income recipients have to be careful. Thanks to a new tax law, the offices now have a closer look at the income.


When it comes to online sales, citizens' income recipients have to be careful.

Thanks to a new tax law, the offices now have a closer look at the income.

Munich – Online sales platforms such as eBay or eBay classifieds are very popular.

In this way, you can give things that you no longer use a second life – and earn some extra money at the same time.

But a new tax law now sets a limit.

This also has consequences for citizens' allowance recipients.

Tax Transparency Act: Citizens' Income Recipients Must Be Careful

Since January 1, 2023, online platforms such as Ebay, Amazon and Airbnb have been obliged to report regular users to the tax office.

With the Tax Transparency Act, the authorities want to expose tax evaders.

This is intended to prevent commercial sellers from doing big business on the Internet under the guise of private sales and thus avoiding taxes.

Anyone who sells more than 30 items per year in the future or earns more than 2000 euros must be reported to the tax office by the online marketplaces.

At first glance, this does not change too much for recipients of citizen income.

After all, you have to report any income to the job center anyway.

Because high income from eBay sales, for example, is counted towards the standard rate.

"It's actually old hat.

Because every inflow must always be counted as income and reported to the job center.

The job center can, for example, use a bank statement or inquiries to the tax authorities and other authorities to check whether there is more income than stated,” explains Imanuel Schulz, lawyer for social and labor law in Berlin, to

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Citizens' money and Ebay: What to consider

But those who receive citizen income must now fear that the money will be cut by the office even after a large number of sales with little income?

According to Schulz, there is no reason to worry: “If a few cents or euros are above the fixed amount, this will generally have no effect on the calculation; the de minimis limit of ten euros applies.

In addition, sales without a profit are not counted, for example if you 'sell' your property, he explains to the newspaper.

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However, caution should be exercised with larger sums.

Here the suspicion of social fraud quickly arises.

There is a risk of the support being blocked, reclaims and even criminal proceedings.

Citizens' income recipients should therefore always report their income from sales on online platforms to the job center to be on the safe side.

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Source: merkur

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