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rose-dee "...this may be an important point for Canadians who have a large personal collection to sell on eBay (or elsewhere), "
You are correct. In general terms sale of used low value personal property does not attract taxation but there are exceptions where, for example, a $1,000+ sale of a collectible sold at profit may attract capital gain.
I am not aware of a $3,000 limit.
In case of doubt Canadian should consult a compete t tax accountant or contact CRA for more information and Guide T4037 Capital Gains.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4037/t4037-e.html#P941_72799
"When you dispose of personal-use property that has an ACB or proceeds of disposition of more than $1,000, you may have a capital gain or loss. You have to report any capital gain from disposing of personal-use property. However, if you have a capital loss, you usually cannot deduct that loss when you calculate your income for the year. In addition, you cannot use the loss to decrease capital gains on other personal-use property. This is because if a property depreciates through personal use, the resulting loss on its disposition is a personal expense."
This is a complex issue that cannot be properly handled in a post on this board.
"eBay is charging the seller tax on the sales fee that eBay makes from us?"
NO, NO, NO.
Once again eBay is NOT charging tax.
The Canadian government is. The Canadian government decides what is and what is not GST/HST taxable. They have decided that eBay fees charged to sellers are now GST/HST taxable. As such eBay is obligated by law to collect the GST/HST on behalf of the government and remit it to them.
bomackinno0 - "In my mind, that should be eBay paying that bill."
Another way to look at it is to blame former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for that. Seriously.
Back in 1988-1989 when the concept of GST was investigated and analyzed to replace the old FST or Manufacturers Sales Tax, the original plan proposed by the Canadian Tax Foundation was to make the new tax invisible as it is in the United Kingdom and Europe (VAT). I know as I was sitting in those small business panels organized by the Tax Foundation at the time.
GST was a good measure meant to help Canadian manufacturers against importers who had a huge edge - tax wise.
However when the time came to implement the GST, Mulroney made the political decision to make the tax visible instead of hidden in the price of the goods or services (in my book that was a mistake). At first, retailers were given the choice to include the tax in the price of show it separately at the cash register. Some of you may remember those 7% extra or 7% included signs at the checkout.
So, if the government at the time had followed in the concept of a hidden tax, businesses today would include the tax in the price of their goods or services and remit the tax while consumers would never see that 7% (GST rate at the time) added to the bill.
Oh well, that was then, this is now. There is no turning back. We are stuck with its visibility.
And life does go on.
true-blue - " eBay is just trying to get water from a desert."
One more time, eBay does NOT tax you, the Canadian government does.
If you want to complain to someone, contact your Member of Parliament.
Um... so why now... ?? eBay.ca has been around for a long time... Did the government just catch up to them or what?
So, more fees; yeah, I get it. If you list on .com and get billed on .com in USD, are you still going to be paying tax on your fees?
It's bad enough they charge fees on shipping so I have to hike the cost. Now, being in a 15% zone, I'll have to account for that too... 
Sorry if these questions have been asked & answered already... there are 8 pages of discussion here...
' Now, being in a 15% zone, I'll have to account for that too."
Nobody likes to pay taxes. Based on your sales of the last three months, if GST/HST had been charged on eBay fees during that period, it would have cost you an extra $1.20 a month on average. It is not good but we all have to pay taxes one way or the other.
