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THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT CLAIMANT SAID THEY FELT 'ANXIOUS' AFTER MAKING MONEY ON VINTED 05:30, 01 Jun 2025 A benefits claimant has questioned whether they need to declare their Vinted
earnings. The Vinted seller said they have been making hundreds from flogging their unwanted body mists and perfumes online. But they now feel 'anxious' as they had not been
declaring the extra cash - and were unsure if they were required to. They claim Universal Credit and have been placed into the Limited Capability for Work (LCW) group - which means they
cannot currently work but may be able to in the future. But they said cash from the DWP only 'lasts five minutes', with extra money needed for food shopping and other essentials.
In a Reddit posted titled 'Am I supposed to declare these Vinted earnings?', the claimant said: "Hiya! I’d just like a bit of clarification on this please as I’m starting to
feel a bit anxious about it. Article continues below READ MORE: HMRC WARNING ISSUED TO EVERYONE WITH A SAVINGS ACCOUNT "I’m in the LCW group. I’ve had a Vinted account since last year,
and recently I started selling some old body mists and perfumes I wasn’t not using. "To date, I’ve earned less than £300, but I haven’t been declaring this. Was I supposed to?
"Mine and my partners joint UC claim literally doesn’t last us five minutes so any extra money I get, I just use it for food shopping and other things I need. "To clarify, I
already owned the mists and perfumes and I did not purchase them so that I could then re-sell them on." Fellow Reddit users offered their advice, with one commenting: "Selling off
unwanted items is not classed as earnings and doesn’t need to be declared unless the amount, when added to other savings, takes you over £6k in the bank. "In which case it would be
capital." Another said: "No you don't generally need to declare things like Vinted and other second hand selling platform earnings unless it's to the extent it'd be
considered noticeable income." _DON'T MISS THE BIGGEST AND BREAKING STORIES BY SIGNING UP TO THE BIRMINGHAMLIVE NEWSLETTER HERE._ According to Vinted, selling your personal items
is not taxed by HMRC. It said: "In the UK, if the money you make on Vinted over a year is less than what you paid for the items, you pay no tax. "The only time that an individual
item might be taxable is when you sell it for more than £6,000 and there is a profit from the sale (i.e. it sells for a higher price than you paid for it)." Gov.uk says that you usually
do not need to declare cash made on personal items unless the sale of a single item is more than £6,000. It said: "Personal possessions are items that belong to you for your own use.
"You may have bought them or received them as a gift. "Personal possessions might include things like clothing; ornaments; kitchen equipment; table and chairs; jewellery or
computers and phones. "If you’re selling personal possessions you probably do not have to pay Income Tax on these. "If you sell an item for more than £6,000, you may need to pay
Capital Gains Tax. Article continues below "The £6,000 value for a single personal possession for Capital Gains Tax, also applies to the total value of items which form a set, for
example chess pieces; books by the same author or on the same subject; or matching ornaments, such as vases or statuettes."