What does this mean for sellers just trying to sell stuff, who do not have a store?

[novaeon98]

Will I be taxed just for selling old stuff or all this tax thing for those who have stores?

[cardconnoisseurs]

No, this does the exact opposite. It levels the playing field, and stops the "under the table" sellers from taking sales from legitimate businesses due to them not having to charge tax. Now sales tax is charges at the buyer level, regardless of whether or not the seller is a GST/HST Registrant. It's wonderful!

[cardconnoisseurs]

God I hope so. Shutting down the "basement businesses" on Facebook MP would be the second best thing the Trudeau government ever did, with taxing all Ebay/Amazon sales being the first. 

[marnotom!]

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@nbachorn519 wrote:

Yes it is an eBay thing. They are adding and collecting taxes on used goods sold by private sellers. Unless the private seller is a registered business with GST/HST registration number who sells over $30k worth of used goods a year those used goods are not subject to taxes.

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It's an "eBay thing" in the sense that the feds are now requiring eBay Canada (and other digital marketplaces) to ensure that taxes are charged and remitted on transactions on its website.  The seller's GST/HST registration status has nothing to do with it, but the venue's GST/HST registration status does.  If eBay Canada wasn't registered and had sales worth less than $30K in a year, it wouldn't be required to do this.

And has been noted many times over, transactions involving used items are just as subject to tax as those of new items.

Some people posting about this don't seem to be aware that federal tax legislation that took effect over a year ago is what's driving this and are trying to cite and apply older legislation that wasn't designed with digital marketplaces in mind.

[brettjet38]

You are so incorrect...

...and a year late to the party!

[rocketscollectibles]

You just replied to a 3 months old post to tell him he's late on the post. Can't be more ironic.