* Posts by skifoley123

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Amazon and eBay agree to expose potential VAT evaders for UK tax man

skifoley123

Re how do I know their turnover?

I have been watching them for over a year and screenshotting their completed sales for that period of time. Easy enough to do , but the HMRC or ebay seem to have problems doing it

skifoley123

Ebay does not take its reponsibility to tax or ebay evasion seriously ..

s a complete waste of time trying to report people. I investigated one supposed private seller turning over about £100, 000 a year. I reported them to ebay and reported them to the HMRC. nothing happened. I wrote to the CEO of ebay and was told they would investigate. Nothing happened. I sent ebay evidence of their turnover in the form of monthly screen shots , I sent another on line report to HMRC.

The " private seller" sells mutiple of the same items, states an overseas buying policy and has stated they buy carpets all over the UK for resale. I sent all the evidence to ebay.

They continue to trade. I however run a business , pay VAT and pay my taxes. In this increasingly competitive market , it is disturbing that tax and VAT avoidance businesses just seem bomb proof. It has caused a complete lack of morale in oyr company and we wonder why we bother.

The private seller by the way on ebay is id Bluebumble.

Form your own opinion. Another company called A2Z rugs is displaying an invalid VAT number. Ebay couldn't care less about that one either.

Or about the company that we offered a weight of evidence towards shill bidding. Lots of reassurance of action, no action

Below is the last email I got from their so called top level of investigations team , it basically implies that I should go away and stop bothering them

RE: Re: Executive Escalations SR# 1-151064142627 SR# 1-151622644551

Dear Ms. xxxxxx

As mentioned previously if this account is found to be in breach of our thresholds we will take the appropriate action against them. If you still have concerns regarding this account I would suggest you report them to HMRC directly. I have provided the link for your convenience below:

https://www.gov.uk/report-an-unregistered-trader-or-business

If they find this member is in breach of their threshold they will contact us and ask us to action the account.

At this stage Ms. Mc Cherry I feel I have adequately addressed your concerns on this case, therefore I do need to advise that this will be our final response on this matter.

Kind Regards,

Laura Coleman

Executive Escalations

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