The July 2017 invoice, FVF, Store fee and GST

Just got my invoice for July, 2017..... and it took me a while to figure out what the numbers meant..

 

The new fees included .......

 

                       Final Value fees..................................$____.__

 

                       Subscription and one time fees........$ 314.95

 

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My question was ... Why does my Anchor Store subscription cost $314.95

 

Where does that extra $15.00 come from...

 

It took me a while... but then  that light got turned on.

 

Both the FVF and the store subscription in this section included GST at 5 %

 

( I live in Manitoba)

 

That $15.00 was the GST on $299.95, the amount for my Anchor Store subscription

 

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It appears that eBay calculates GST for each transaction such that the number for FVF  in the

            New Fees Section 

includes GST

 

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Then lower down in the invoice we have.....

               Total Taxable amount ...........................   (No GST included here)

               GST/HST at a rate of 5 %......................

 

and finally the .......Total Current Invoice Amount equals The sum for FVF plus Store  subscription  plus GST = 5 %

 

and... the confusion was .......gone.....

 

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The July 2017 invoice, FVF, Store fee and GST

Ah yes, the joys of living in an HST province -- it's 15% here in Nova Scotia as well, so all my fees just increased by 15%.  After the 25% store fee increase (last year?), that's a lot to absorb. 

 

While I realize eBay isn't to blame for the 15% HST, it's just another straw on the camel's back.  I think it may be time to go through the trouble of GST registration.  How I dislike more paperwork. 

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