Fees being charged on the US Sales Tax collected by eBay

[adicio2005]

I am based in Canada and sell on eBay.ca When I sell to an American buyer, eBay collects the state sales tax. I have noticed that then eBay will charge me fees on the US sales tax collected as well even though I have nothing to do with that. That is totally unfair. Can somebody explain why eBay does this. Thanks

seller adicio2005

[mrdutch1001]

and you just noticed this?

eBay has had this in place for nearly 2 years now...

eBay fees are calculated on the TOTAL transaction and that includes any applicable tax paid by the buyer...

[adicio2005]

No, I had noticed it for awhile.....Does not make sense. Sellers should file a class action against eBay

[adicio2005]

So as of July 1, 2022 when they collect GST and PST, they will the seller charge fees on that as wellon that

[mrdutch1001]

"Sellers should file a class action against eBay"...why? what do u think will be gained? I see ZERO success in that proposal...but you best get on that idea and be sure to come back and tell us how successful u were..

[reallynicestamps]

as of July 1, 2022 when they collect GST and PST, they will the seller charge fees

No.

As previously explained.

The fees are charges on the buyer's payment, not on the individual amounts that make up that payment.

This has been Standard Practice in payment processing since at least the late '70s which was when we got our first merchant credit card account, and paid fees on Ontario sales tax. Before there even was a GST.