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by petercooper 4143 days ago
Nothing. They're a payment processor, not a marketplace - it's up to the actual vendor to handle tax. Money I make via PayPal is not PayPal's revenue at any point, whereas I believe Patreon takes payment direct and then pays its members through commission.

(HMRC answered the same question that way in an online chat - lost the link to the transcript, but it's out there.)