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Resolved! Ebay Collecting Sales Tax on Sales from Unregistered Sellers

My annual sales volume doesn't qualify me for a registration number.Will I now be able to claim all sales/business expenses on my personal income tax filing? Is CRA going to give me a number anyway?

HST

I am a small business and make less than $30,000 a year so am not required to register for HST. Why is EBay collecting HST on my sales?

Questions around GST Canada and Ebay reports

Looks like the email CanadaPST/GST@ebay.com is no longer valid for inquiries?I am looking for some help regarding GST that was deducted from our Canadian Ebay seller account, as well as any and all other GST that may have been taken.Let me first stat...

Scammed -'item not as described'

More time wasting but i have to do it.I sent a bundle of expensive collectors items - exactly as described. I do not accept returns. There were Multiple bidders.Winner receives item, claims it is not as described (DSLR pictures in my listing disprove...

Welcome to the 2024 Winter Seller Update Board

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Revenu Quebec Asking for Proof of GST/PST remittance on our behalf

Hi there everyone, We filled out the Revenu Quebec form assigning Ebay as our agent to collect sales tax in Canada back in 2022. Revenu Quebec is asking for proof that Ebay is indeed remitting on our behalf. RQ has comfirmed that our agreement is goo...

Canadian Sales Taxes - Questions

Hi everyone – We know you might have questions regarding the email you recently received about eBay Canada collecting Canada Sales Tax (GST/HST/QST/ PST) on behalf of our sellers. Please feel free to leave your questions and comments here and we’ll g...

Resolved! Canadian selling on eBay.com tax implications

As a Canadian selling on eBay.com, I have noticed that eBay does not collect HST when I sell to Canadian buyers. Is there a way to set this up so that eBay collects and remits Canadian taxes (HST/PST/GST) as it does for my US clients? I don't use eBa...

ebay.com sellers - Input tax credits on Managed Payments ?

Sales on ebay.com are processed through ebay managed payments. Sellers receive payouts that are net of all fees and taxes, US State and HST/PST Canadian taxes where applicable (which they collect and remit to States and Provinces/CRA). So the seller ...

Ebay collection of taxes on used items

Lets tell it like it is! Canadians do not collect or submit taxes on used items , sold or bought at garage sales , flea markets , or personal sales of personal items! So where is this money collected by ebay going to? When the Canadian government and...

How can we access report for tax that we paid on shipping labels in order to claim for ITC credit

How can we access report for total tax that we paid on shipping labels which we purhased through eBay in order to claim for ITC credit?Whatever tax we paid on shipping is eligible for ITC (input tax credit) refund. However eBay doesnt have any availa...

Taxes paid on shipping labels

I sold an item and bought a Canada Post shipping label through eBay directly. I was charged for the shipping label but I cannot find an itemized list showing how much tax I paid for that label. Where would I see the tax information for the shipping l...

Finding that ebay flow isn't as good as it should be

Its 2023 Ihave been on ebay since 2000. I find it strange that the flow is so primitive. The chat program is prehistoric and lags. Also the app makes it very hard to do work

Tax on used items? who’se crazy now?

Why would you think Canadians are going to fall in line paying sales tax on a used item that already was charged tax as new. This is why I hardly used my eBay account any more. First, you demanded our SIN which I never give out, so you could report -...

Why does eBay charge their fees to delivery fees and sales taxes?

EBay is charging their fees on the amount that the customer pays on tax and on the amount for shipping and handling. How does this company justify charging their selling fees to these items when they aren’t involved in shipping anything directly? Why...

The Taxes on a Customer's Invoice don't add up

My customer bought a $25 item with local pickup which I offer for free with no handling fees. When I prepare their invoice the estimated total listed is $28.25 ( $25 + $3.25 tax) which makes sense. Once I send the invoice, it states a total of $30.79...

Total newb, Need some understanding regarding GST Registration and Business Number.

Hello, Forgive me if I sound dumb but I was hoping that someone in the ebay community can provide me some understanding. Sorry if my english is bad. Back in 2021 I decided to create an ebay account to sell items, I made less than 10k. I received a le...

Canadian TAxes on second hand item?

Hi,I'm not quite sure to understand why do we have to pay eBAY a taxes on stuff we're selling that we already paid a taxe on? It's like paying 2 taxes on the same item....this makes no sense at all. Thanks.

Welcome to the 2023 Fall Seller Update Board

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Resolved! CRA says eBay gave us the wrong Billing Authorization form

Hey just a heads up, CRA did a review on my GST/HST billing authorization form. If you completed the form eBay provided it is wrong unless you are in Quebec. The form we should have all had them sign and send back to us has CRA on the top left instea...

Highway Robbery !

So Canadian buyers now have to pay both the provincial and federal sales tax on used items regardless if they are a business or not and to add insult to injury they charge the taxes on top of the shipping cost as well. eBay might as well shut down th...

Impôt sur des revenues de vente (Income sale tax)

Is it true that ,as a private ex-collector, i will have to declare the revenue to sell used motorcycle magazines ?

Canadian taxes

I am an international student in Canada I would like to sell through dropshipping some calendars on eBay for the new year. I will be selling from September till end of January that’s it I won’t be selling anything after that. and I’m not interested i...

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

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

Buy one get one free promotion in Canada

What many of us are interested in is when are we gonna be able to offer this promotion. Ebay US does allows it for years now, I can't imagine this would be a very difficult task to add it in Canada too. This leaves us a step behind american sellers.....

Ebay Collecting GST/HST and the Billing Agent Authorization Tax Form

Hi there... I am an eBay seller registered in Ontario, Canada. I know that eBay has been collecting and remitting GST/HST taxes to CRA on my behalf, starting on July 1, 2022. I have a CRA Business Number and had been submitting taxes collected on eBa...

Welcome to the 2023 Summer Seller Update Board

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illegal tax collection on NON-TAXABLE EVENTS as per Candian Tax Law

Ebay sent notice abpout GST/HST collection on "ebay digital/electronic sales...." however, it cannot make such broad sweeping claims as grandfathered into existence are legally referred to transactions known as "NON-TAXABLE EVENTS" whihch specificall...

Tax not charged on sale

I had a sale this morning where no tax was charged. The item was in the DVDs category (and was a movie). The listing was on eBay Canada. The item location is correctly set in Canada. I'm in Canada. The shipping address is to a Canadian address. The o...

HST/PST Collection and Remittance

I assumed that eBay was doing this on our behalf since July 2022, but after a conversation with 2 X CRA agents today, they explained there needs to be an "agent election" agreement in place i.e. the GST506 form.Did any of you fill one of these out wi...