What would you do/say if you were not judged..

@CrazyMusicLover Is it really that complicated?I sell, on average, a couple of hundred items online each year and don't think about tax because these are just things I would otherwise give or throw away and I'm not making a profit.

But surely even if you do make a profit it's just a simple matter of keeping a record of what you pay for what you buy and what your customers pay? At least here in Norway it's fairly simple if you register as a sole trader (enkeltpersonsforetak).

@ninalanyon I need to keep a track of which country I'd be selling to. Then I always need personal info of the client or info about company for the invoice (I heard that some people aren't very willing to give it to people), Then if I'd be selling to EU country, I need to register for "vat" by §9 and then send reports of my income to the tax office three or four times a year.
And who knows what else.

Long story short, every single person I knew or heard about here does it illegally. They accept payments through Paypal and sometimes throw it to a business account, other times not really. Now I'm not sure how the official invoice is done if someone is paid through Paypal. I guess it's taken as the income from the USA therefore no need to register for "vat" by §9. Idk. 🤷🏻‍♀

@CrazyMusicLover Ah, I see. It's quite a bit simpler in Norway. In fact simplicity seems to be a national trait and the authorities go to some effort to keep most things simple and even work to simplify things further.