Vinted Reselling Tax: What EU Sellers Need to Know in 2026

DAC7: Why Vinted now reports your sales

The EU's DAC7 directive (Directive 2021/514, transposed into national law from January 2023) requires all digital platforms operating in the EU — including Vinted — to collect and report seller data to the relevant national tax authority once per year.

The reporting trigger is 30 or more sales, or more than €2,000 gross sales on that platform in a calendar year. If you sell 31 items at €1 each, Vinted files a report. If you sell 5 items at €500 each, Vinted files a report. Below both thresholds simultaneously, no report is filed.

What gets reported: your full name, address, date of birth, national identification number, tax ID (if Vinted has it), bank account details, total sales amount, and transaction count. The tax authority then cross-references this against your tax return.

This does not mean you automatically owe tax. Whether you owe anything depends on your country's rules about occasional versus professional selling — covered in the sections below.

Occasional selling vs professional selling: the line that matters

Every EU country distinguishes between occasional selling (selling your own used personal belongings at a loss — generally not taxable) and professional or commercial selling (buying to resell for profit — generally taxable as business income).

If you are reselling — buying items with the intention of selling them at a profit — you are almost certainly on the professional/commercial side of that line, regardless of volume. The intention to profit, not the volume, is often the legal test.

The safest framing: if you use Resale IQ to calculate buy-below prices and source items specifically to resell them above what you paid, you are operating commercially. That means your profit is taxable income in most EU countries. The question is whether your volume crosses the threshold at which your tax authority is likely to act on it.

Country-by-country thresholds (2026)

These are the general thresholds from each country's tax authority and the law, read on 26 October 2026. Rules change, so check the source before the January filing deadline. The DAC7 limits per country, with each law's article and the date we read it, are in an open table (CC BY 4.0), linked last under "How we know" at the end of this guide.

France: Two sets of figures circulate. Under DAC7, a platform reports you from 30 sales, or more than €2,000 received, on that platform, for sales from 1 January 2023 (BOFiP, BOI-INT-AEA-30). The earlier French scheme used 20 operations or €3,000: the impots.gouv.fr page for individuals says that from 20 operations or more, or more than €3,000 received, platforms pass your data to the tax office, and that these figures do not automatically make the sums taxable. BOFiP says DAC7 replaces that scheme from 1 January 2023, so this guide uses the DAC7 line. Selling your own used goods is generally not taxable (exceptions include jewellery, art, collectibles and some goods worth more than €5,000); goods you buy to resell are taxable and must be declared.

Germany: The Finanzamt considers reselling taxable from the first transaction if the intent to profit exists (Gewinnerzielungsabsicht). The small-business rule (Kleinunternehmerregelung, § 19 UStG) exempts you from VAT when the previous year's turnover was no more than €25,000 and the current year's stays under €100,000, but income tax still applies on profit. A Gewerbeanmeldung (business registration) may be required once you exceed a regular pattern of reselling.

Netherlands: Belastingdienst distinguishes between 'result from other activities' (ROW) and business income. Regular reselling for profit is taxable under ROW from the first euro of profit, even without a formal business registration. The small-business scheme (KOR) applies to turnover of no more than €20,000 a year and covers VAT only, not income tax.

Belgium: The Federal Public Service Finance considers systematic reselling taxable as miscellaneous income or professional income. Occasional resale of personal items is generally exempt. A pattern of buying and reselling crosses into professional territory quickly.

Spain: Agencia Tributaria requires declaration of earnings from economic activities from the first euro. If you are buying to resell (not just clearing personal items), it is treated as economic activity. The módulos simplified regime applies to small traders.

General rule for all EU markets: If you are profitable and you are doing it repeatedly, declare it. The DAC7 report means your tax authority will have the gross sales number — if your declared income does not include it, that creates a mismatch.

How to calculate profit for tax purposes

Gross sales on the platform is not profit. Taxable profit in reselling is roughly: sale price − cost of goods − platform fees − shipping − other direct costs.

For Vinted: declare what you actually received. Vinted charges private sellers no selling fee, so on a Vinted sale that is the full sale price (the buyer pays Buyer Protection on top, and it never reaches you). If you resell on another platform, use the amount actually paid out to you after its fees. Subtract the price you paid for the item. Subtract any shipping materials. What remains is your taxable margin on that transaction.

Example: You buy a Stone Island hoodie for €30 at a stock source. It sells on Vinted at €72, and you receive €72. Taxable profit: €72 − €30 − €1.50 (packaging) = €40.50.

Resale IQ's buy-below is `typical asking price × 0.70`: a ceiling on what to pay, worked out from asking prices. It is not your profit. For tax, use what you were actually paid minus your real costs, as above.

Tax rules differ by country and by whether you count as a trader, so check with an accountant or your tax authority before you file.

The typical asking price you see in the flip tracker is an asking price across EU Vinted markets. It helps you decide what to pay; for your records, use what you were actually paid.

Record keeping: what to log for each transaction

Whether or not you owe tax today, building a records habit now protects you if a tax authority queries a future year. The minimum records for each transaction:

1. Item description (brand, type, condition) 2. Purchase price and where you bought it (stock sources, eBay — keep receipts where possible) 3. Sale price and date 4. Platform fee deducted (if any — none on Vinted for private sellers) 5. Shipping cost 6. Net profit on the transaction

A spreadsheet with one row per item is sufficient. The manual chapter on tax and the rules covers which fields matter.

Record your actual buy price on the day you buy, and the amount you were paid on the day it sells. Those two figures, not an asking price, are your margin.

Do you need to register a business?

If you are turning a consistent profit from reselling, the practical question is not 'can I avoid registering' but 'when does registering become cheaper than the risk of not registering'.

A registered micro-business or sole trader gives you access to deductible expenses that reduce your taxable income: sourcing mileage, packaging, subscription tools like Resale IQ, a proportion of your phone bill. A side-hustle with €15k gross and €6k in deductible costs has a very different tax bill from one declared as €15k flat.

Registration thresholds vary: in Germany, a Gewerbeanmeldung costs ~€30 and is required once reselling is systematic; in the Netherlands, KVK registration applies when you cross the line from occasional to regular commercial activity; in France, auto-entrepreneur status is available from the first transaction and caps at €77,700/year.

The question to ask your tax adviser: 'I am buying secondhand clothing at stock sources and reselling it on Vinted regularly — should I register, and what expenses can I deduct?' That framing gets you a specific, useful answer.

What to do before the end of 2026

1. Pull your Vinted transaction history for 2026. The app shows total earnings under Profile → My sales. Note the gross figure and transaction count.

2. Check if you crossed the DAC7 reporting threshold (30 or more sales, or more than €2,000 gross). If yes, Vinted will file a report in January 2027. Your tax return should account for this.

3. Calculate your profit using the method above. Gross sales minus buy price, fees, shipping. If the profit is material (above a few hundred euros), consult a tax adviser in your country.

4. Start logging every transaction from today with purchase date, buy price, sale price, and net profit. A simple spreadsheet is enough.

5. If you are operating at scale (multiple items per week, consistent profit), consider registering as a sole trader or micro-business before year-end so 2026 expenses are deductible.

The goal is not to pay more than you owe — it is to not get a surprise bill in 2027 for 2026 income that was visible in the DAC7 report but missing from your return.