The Tax Office will closely scrutinize certain operations carried out on Leboncoin during the year. And some sellers risk being subject to a tax audit in 2025. Here’s everything you need to know.
Are you affected?
Let’s start with some good news. The vast majority of French users of the ad site will not be affected. As stated 01Netoccasional transactions are in fact not taxable and are therefore of no interest to the tax administration.
Each year, the platform communicates the list of operations carried out on the service. The Tax Office will then sort between individual and professional sellers. If you have made more than 30 transactions in a year and this has generated profits of more than 2000 euros, you will, however, be considered a professional.
This distinction has real consequences for those involved. Below the threshold, you risk absolutely nothing and Leboncoin will not even transmit your information to the authorities. Above, the Tax Office will carry out investigations to identify whether undeclared sellers are not operating on the site, our colleagues report.
Exceptions to be aware of
You should also know that certain practices can put you in the professional seller category. For example, if you purchase goods for the sole purpose of reselling them on the service, or if you design objects with the idea of marketing them on the site. Ultimately, tax audits can lead to a reclassification of your profits as industrial and commercial profits, which can increase the bill.
Some other special cases
01Net also looks at certain specific categories on Leboncoin. So, if you sell a service, for example vacation rentals, the income must be declared to the Tax Office from the first euro.
Finally, if the tax administration does not recover taxes on sales of household appliances, furnished goods and cars, any other property sold for more than 5,000 euros which does not fall into these categories is taxed at 36.2 %.
As it is not always easy to find your way around, and if you find yourself in the categories mentioned in our article, you can find a simulator developed by the public service in order to see things more clearly.
What to remember:
- Little known, certain tax rules apply on Leboncoin
- If you have not made more than 30 transactions in a year nor exceeded 2000 euros in profits in a year, you are not concerned
- Above, there are certain rules to know and formalities to complete
