Vinted tax in France 2026: what to declare, the DAC7 thresholds and the rules for resellers living in France

Every January, Vinted sellers ask the same question: do I have to declare my sales to the taxman? The confusion comes from a European mechanism, the DAC7 directive, which requires platforms to pass certain information on to the tax authorities. Plenty of sellers conclude that crossing a threshold makes their sales taxable. It does not.

This guide covers the rules for sellers who live in France. The DAC7 reporting part (30 sales or €2,000) applies across the whole EU, because it comes from a European directive. How your income is then taxed and declared, however, depends on your country of residence: if you do not live in France, check with your own country's tax authority.

The guide clearly separates two situations that have nothing in common from a tax point of view: selling your own belongings and buying to resell. It then explains what Vinted reports, when, and what it actually changes for a reseller. Every figure comes with its official source.

General information, not personalised tax advice. For your specific situation, refer to impots.gouv.fr (the French tax authority's website) or a chartered accountant. Figures checked on official websites in September 2026.

The short answer

• You sell your personal belongings (clothes you have worn, things you are getting rid of): as a rule, this is not taxable, even if Vinted reports your data to the tax authorities.
• You buy items to resell them: this is a commercial activity. The income is taxable and subject to social security contributions, however many sales you make.
• The DAC7 threshold (30 sales or more, or more than €2,000 received in the year) only triggers information reporting. It is not a tax threshold.

Occasional sales vs reselling: the distinction that decides everything

The French tax authorities do not look first at how much you sell, but at why you own what you are selling. That is the core question behind the whole "Vinted and tax" topic.

Selling your own belongings: normally not taxable

Service-Public (the French government's official information site) is clear on this: income from selling things you are getting rid of (car boot sales, Leboncoin, Vinted) is generally not taxable (service-public.gouv.fr). Vinted says the same on its dedicated page: selling items for less than you paid for them generates no tax to pay (vinted.fr).

The exceptions to know about

Even for personal belongings, some sales follow specific rules:

• Jewellery, precious metals, works of art, collectibles and antiques: these fall under specific regimes (service-public.gouv.fr).
• An item sold for more than €5,000: the capital gains exemption on movable property applies to sales priced at €5,000 or less, and the threshold is assessed sale by sale (BOFiP (the official French tax doctrine), impots.gouv.fr).

For the vast majority of people selling clothes and accessories, these exceptions do not come into play. They mainly concern a valuable watch, a luxury bag sold for a lot of money or a collector's piece.

Buying to resell: a taxable commercial activity

Everything changes as soon as you buy with the aim of reselling. Service-Public is explicit: if you buy or make goods in order to sell them, the income from that activity is taxable, in the category of BIC (bénéfices industriels et commerciaux, the French tax category for trading profits) (service-public.gouv.fr). The French Ministry of the Economy adds that this activity is professional in nature and requires the payment of social security contributions (economie.gouv.fr).

In practice, this covers buying in charity and thrift shops, at car boot sales, from clearance stock or on Vinted itself, with the aim of selling for more. It is exactly the model described in our complete guide to reselling on Vinted.

The comparison at a glance

Criterion	Selling your personal belongings	Reselling
Where the items come from	Bought for your own use, then sold	Bought in order to be resold
Taxation	Normally not taxable (exceptions: jewellery, works of art, items over €5,000)	Taxable as BIC
Social security contributions	No	Yes (12.3% of turnover as a micro-entrepreneur)
Status	Private individual, no formalities	Activity to register, usually as a micro-entreprise
DAC7 reporting by Vinted	Yes if 30 sales or more, or more than €2,000 in the year	Yes, with the same thresholds
What you do	Check your pre-filled tax return, add nothing taxable	Declare your turnover to Urssaf and your income to the tax office

Vinted DAC7: what Vinted reports to the tax authorities, and when

DAC7 is a European directive that places a reporting obligation on online platforms regarding certain information about their sellers. It creates no new tax.

The reporting thresholds

According to impots.gouv.fr, the platform passes your information to the tax authorities if, over the year:

• you completed 30 transactions or more, or
• you received more than €2,000.

Crossing either one of the two thresholds is enough. Conversely, the platform has nothing to report only if you stayed below 30 transactions and at €2,000 or less (impots.gouv.fr, impots.gouv.fr). Vinted uses the same thresholds: at least 30 sales or more than €2,000 in a calendar year (vinted.fr/dac7).

This is what people often wrongly call the "Vinted selling limit". There is no cap on how much you can sell. There is a threshold beyond which the tax authorities are informed.

The timeline

• During the year: you sell as usual.
• Early the following year: if you crossed a threshold, Vinted asks you to complete a short pre-filled form. Most members have to submit it in early January (vinted.fr/dac7).
• In January: the platform sends you a summary of the previous year's transactions (impots.gouv.fr). Vinted says you receive a copy of the information passed to the authorities.
• In spring: in France, the amounts appear in your pre-filled income tax return (impots.gouv.fr).

For sales made in 2026, the form and the summary will therefore arrive in early 2027.

The information requested

Vinted's DAC7 form asks for your tax identification number (and your business details if you are a Pro seller). It is pre-filled with data from your Vinted wallet and your transfers, which you need to confirm (Vinted help).

Watch out: if you do not submit the form, Vinted says you will no longer be able to sell or access your wallet until you complete it (vinted.fr/dac7). For a reseller, a wallet frozen in January means cash flow tied up.

What reporting does not mean

impots.gouv.fr gives its own example: selling 32 children's clothes at €5 each, so €160, crosses the 30-transaction threshold. The amounts appear in the online tax return, but they are not taxable, because they are personal belongings you no longer use (impots.gouv.fr).

Nor is there any specific "Vinted tax 2026". Vinted states that nothing changes regarding your tax obligations in France (vinted.fr). DAC7 simply makes visible income that was already taxable or not, depending on its nature.

What DAC7 changes for a reseller

For an occasional seller, DAC7 changes almost nothing. For a reseller, it changes one essential thing: the tax authorities can now see your volumes. An account taking in several thousand euros a year across hundreds of sales, with no registered activity, becomes easy to spot.

The tax authorities do not rely on a single figure to classify an activity. But several signals point towards reselling: regular sales, new items or the same item in several sizes, bulk buys from thrift shops, repeated margins. If this profile sounds like you, the right question is no longer "do I have to declare?" but "how do I declare properly?".

Declaring a reselling activity in France: micro-entreprise and micro-BIC

For most Vinted resellers living in France, the simplest framework is the micro-entreprise (the French simplified sole-trader status, also called auto-entreprise; its holder is a micro-entrepreneur). Here are the key points.

1. Setting up the micro-entreprise

Registration is free and done online on the one-stop portal formalites.entreprises.gouv.fr, which enters the business in the national business register (economie.gouv.fr). You will need, among other things, your social security number and an ID document. On Vinted, you can then switch to a Pro seller account.

2. Turnover thresholds

For the sale of goods, the micro-entreprise ceiling is €203,100 of turnover excluding VAT, applicable for 2026, 2027 and 2028 (decree of 27 January 2026). It was previously €188,700, which remains the figure for your 2025 income (entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr). The threshold is prorated if you start the activity partway through the year.

3. Social security contributions

As a micro-entrepreneur, social security contributions for selling goods amount to 12.3% of turnover (entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr, checked on 1 January 2026). You declare your turnover to Urssaf (the French body that collects social contributions) every month or every quarter, depending on the option you choose.

Crucial point: these contributions are based on turnover, not on margin. Your stock purchases are not deducted.

4. Income tax: micro-BIC

You have two options:

• The standard regime: you enter your turnover on the supplementary return 2042 C PRO (box 5KO for the sale of goods). The tax office applies a flat-rate allowance of 71%, with a minimum of €305; the rest is added to your other income and taxed at the progressive rates (impots.gouv.fr). If your takings are below €305, you pay no tax (service-public.gouv.fr).
• The versement libératoire (an optional flat-rate income tax paid together with your contributions): you pay income tax at the same time as your contributions, at a rate of 1% of turnover for the sale of goods (impots.gouv.fr), making 13.3% in total with contributions (entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr). This option depends on a household income condition and must be requested from Urssaf by 30 September for the following year (impots.gouv.fr).

5. VAT

Below certain thresholds, you benefit from the VAT exemption scheme (franchise en base de TVA): you do not charge VAT. For the sale of goods, the threshold is €85,000 of turnover in the previous year, with an upper threshold of €93,500 in the current year. For 2026, these thresholds remain unchanged: the plan for a single threshold of €25,000 was dropped (entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr, checked on 1 January 2026).

Three worked examples

These examples are deliberately simple, to illustrate the rules. They are no substitute for a calculation tailored to your household.

Example 1: Léa clears out her wardrobe

Léa sells 45 personal items over the year, for €900 in total. She crosses the 30-transaction threshold: Vinted reports her information and the amounts appear in her pre-filled return. Because these are her own clothes, sold for less than she paid, the money is not taxable. She simply checks her return.

Example 2: Karim sells a valuable piece

Karim sells a single designer bag he used to carry, for €1,800, and a few other items for €400. Total: €2,200, so more than €2,000. Vinted reports his data. The bag is a personal item sold for under €5,000: no capital gains tax. Here again, reporting does not mean taxation.

Example 3: Sofia is a reseller

Sofia buys from thrift shops and resells on Vinted. She is a micro-entrepreneur, without the versement libératoire. Over the year:

• Turnover: €12,000
• Stock purchases: €5,000
• Social security contributions: 12,000 × 12.3% = €1,476
• Taxable income after the 71% allowance: 12,000 × 29% = €3,480, added to her other income and taxed at her household's rates

Before tax, she keeps 12,000 - 5,000 - 1,476 = €5,524. Had she opted for the versement libératoire, she would have paid 12,000 × 1% = €120 in tax, on top of her contributions.

The lesson: contributions are taken from turnover. An item sold on a thin margin costs you proportionally more than a high-margin one. We go through these calculations in detail in how much you can earn from a Vinted niche.

Common mistakes

• Confusing the DAC7 threshold with a tax threshold. 30 sales or €2,000 trigger information reporting, not tax.
• Thinking that staying under 30 sales makes undeclared reselling legal. Reselling is a taxable activity whatever the number of sales, whether or not Vinted reports your data.
• Ignoring the DAC7 form. Without it, Vinted blocks selling and access to your wallet.
• Working out profitability on gross margin alone. As a micro-entrepreneur, 12.3% of turnover goes on contributions, before income tax.
• Mixing personal belongings and stock. If you resell and also clear out your wardrobe, keep a record of what falls into each category.
• Keeping no proof of purchase. Thrift shop receipts, invoices, statements: they help you prove the nature of your sales.
• Forgetting the income tax return. Declaring your turnover to Urssaf does not exempt you from also entering it on the 2042 C PRO return (unless you use the versement libératoire).

Checklist: what to do in your situation

If you only sell your own belongings

• Complete the DAC7 form if Vinted asks you to.
• Check your pre-filled tax return in spring.
• Keep an eye on the exceptions: jewellery, works of art or collectibles, items sold for more than €5,000.

If you buy to resell

• Register your micro-entreprise on formalites.entreprises.gouv.fr.
• Declare your turnover to Urssaf every month or quarter.
• Choose between standard income tax (2042 C PRO, box 5KO) and the versement libératoire.
• Keep a record of your purchases and sales.
• Watch the thresholds: €203,100 for the micro-entreprise, €85,000 for the VAT exemption.
• Complete the DAC7 form in January so your wallet is not frozen.
• Calculate your profitability after contributions.

Once your activity is declared, every point of margin counts

Once your reselling is declared, the rules of the game change: 12.3% of your turnover goes on contributions, whether an item is profitable or not. Buying stock that sits unsold or sells at a loss therefore costs you more than before. Margin is made when you buy.

That is where ResellTrack helps. The instant scan of a niche gives it a Score from 0 to 100 based on sales observed on Vinted. The Trend indicator shows whether demand is rising or falling. And Lens estimates an item's resale price from a single photo, right there in the thrift shop, before you reach the till. To choose your categories, our guide on what to sell on Vinted to make money and the method to analyse a niche's profitability round out this approach. For the bigger picture, also read how to make money on Vinted in 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I have to declare my Vinted sales for tax in France?

It depends on what you sell. If you sell your personal belongings, the money is normally not taxable and you have nothing to add, even if it appears in your pre-filled return. If you buy items to resell them, it is a commercial activity: you must declare your income as BIC and pay social security contributions, usually through a micro-entreprise.

What is the Vinted selling limit before you get reported?

Vinted reports your information to the tax authorities as soon as you reach 30 sales or receive more than €2,000 in a calendar year. Just one of the two criteria is enough. It is not a selling limit (you can sell beyond it) nor a tax threshold: it is an information reporting threshold.

What happens if I do not fill in the DAC7 form?

According to Vinted, you can no longer sell on the platform or access your Vinted wallet until the form is submitted. The features become available again once the form is completed.

Does staying under 30 sales let resellers avoid tax?

No. The DAC7 threshold only concerns what the platform reports. The obligation to declare a reselling activity exists independently of that threshold. Spreading your sales across several accounts or deliberately staying below the thresholds does not change the taxable nature of the activity.

How much does a reselling micro-entreprise cost in contributions?

For the sale of goods, social security contributions amount to 12.3% of turnover in 2026. With the versement libératoire for income tax (1%), the total comes to 13.3%. Without it, income tax is calculated on your turnover after a 71% allowance, at your household's rates.