E-BOOK

The Online Seller’s UK Tax Handbook

Everything a UK online seller needs to know about tax, in one place, on 2026/27 rates. Sixteen chapters covering registration, stock, VAT, both structures and the deadlines, written to be read once and kept.

  • Sixteen chapters in four parts
  • Every rate checked, none remembered
  • Updated for the April 2026 changes

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FOR WHOM IS THIS E-BOOK?

Anyone selling physical goods online in the UK, whether on your own store or a marketplace, from the first sale through to a business turning over six figures.

Sellers who have just started

Chapters one to three answer the questions that arrive first: whether you are trading, what to register for, and by when. The £1,000 allowance is measured on income, not profit, which catches more people than any other rule.

Sellers holding stock

Buying inventory is not a cost, it is swapping cash for an asset, and getting that wrong makes a profitable business look like a failing one. Two chapters cover stock, valuation and the timing trap.

Sellers approaching £90,000

The VAT threshold is any rolling twelve months, not your accounting year. Two chapters cover crossing it, what it does to your pricing, and why absorbing it costs less than most sellers assume.

FACTS

What your income actually is

Your payout is not your turnover. The gap is fees, refunds, reserves and timing, and recording only the deposit can hide a VAT registration you have already triggered.

Professional accountants at a trusted accountancy company reviewing financial reports

16 chapters

Four parts, one sitting

Professional accountants at a trusted accountancy company reviewing financial reports

2026/27

Every rate verified

FACTS

Which structure, on current rates

Full comparisons at three profit levels. The old advice to incorporate above thirty thousand no longer holds, and the handbook shows exactly where it broke and what replaced it.