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Ecommerce and online seller accountant in Birmingham.
Accounts, VAT and tax returns for Birmingham businesses selling online, whether you trade as a sole trader or a limited company.
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- Birmingham accountants since 2010
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Ecommerce accountants in Birmingham: the direct answer
Online sellers pay tax on their profit after stock, platform fees, postage and other allowable costs, and must register for VAT if taxable turnover goes over £90,000. RR Accountants, a Birmingham practice since 2010 with offices in Sparkhill (B11 4AB) and Bordesley Green (B9 5QE), reconciles your marketplace payouts to sales and fees, handles VAT including the marketplace rules for overseas sellers, prepares your accounts and tax return, and sets up Making Tax Digital records.
Reviewed by Iftikhar ur Rashid, FCCA. General information, not personal tax advice.
Where online sellers get it wrong
- Treating the payout as the sale. Marketplaces deduct fees, refunds and advertising before they pay you, so your turnover is higher than your bank receipts.
- Not tracking stock. Profit depends on the cost of goods you actually sold, so year-end stock needs counting.
- Missing the VAT threshold. Registration is needed when taxable turnover in the last 12 months goes over £90,000, and gross marketplace sales count, not your net payout.
- Forgetting that platforms report to HMRC. Since 2024, online platforms send HMRC details of what their sellers earn.
What we do for Birmingham sellers
- Link your Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify or TikTok Shop data to cloud bookkeeping so sales, fees and refunds post correctly.
- VAT registration, VAT returns under Making Tax Digital, and advice on the right VAT scheme.
- Year-end accounts, Corporation Tax for companies, and Self Assessment for sole traders and directors.
- Advice on when moving from sole trader to limited company makes sense.
Records and Making Tax Digital
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax needs digital records and quarterly updates once your qualifying income is over £50,000 (from April 2026), over £30,000 (from April 2027) and over £20,000 (from April 2028). VAT-registered sellers already keep digital records for VAT.
What Birmingham clients say
“The whole team at RR Accountants is very approachable. … I can fully trust them with my numbers.”
“Very accommodating and cooperative. Excellent knowledge and always a pleasure to deal with. Thanking all at RR Accountants”
“Very professional and friendly staff … Once you deal with RR accounts you don't want to go anywhere else.”
Our Birmingham offices
Monday to Friday, 09:30 to 17:30, by appointment.
RR Accountants: Bordesley Green
64 Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5QE
0121 771 2122Ecommerce Accountant Birmingham: FAQs
Do I need to tell HMRC about selling online?
If you are trading (buying to resell, or making things to sell) and your total trading income is more than the £1,000 trading allowance in a tax year, yes. Selling your own unwanted belongings is usually not trading.
When do online sellers register for VAT?
When taxable turnover in any rolling 12 months goes over £90,000, or you expect it to in the next 30 days alone. Turnover means gross sales, not what the marketplace pays out.
Can you work with my marketplace data?
Yes. We work from Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify and TikTok Shop reports and connect them to cloud bookkeeping so fees and refunds are recorded correctly.
How much does an ecommerce accountant cost?
We agree a fixed fee in writing after a free 30-minute call, based on your channels, order volume and whether you are VAT registered.
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Book a call.
Book a 30-minute call. We’ll confirm whether we’re a fit, and if we are, we’ll tell you exactly what the next step looks like.
Firm-wide leadership: Iftikhar ur Rashid, FCCA. Last updated 2026-11-02.