Canadian Sales Taxes - Questions
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05-03-2022 09:51 AM - edited 05-03-2022 06:06 PM
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 get them answered as soon as possible. Keep in mind there could be a delay as we check with internal teams to ensure we’re getting you the right answers to your questions.
Thanks for your patience!
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04-27-2023 03:38 PM
@low_flite They've had issues with this from the start. The original email they sent had the address with them reversed and it caused all kinds of confusion. I mean, if it was me I would have just made the other address an alias and then it wouldn't have mattered which people sent it to, but I guess that would be too easy.
It took a while for me to get the countersigned one back (probably because of so many people sending them in initially), but they did date it for when we sent it in so there wasn't a problem.
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04-30-2023 03:46 PM
I am a private seller selling a few items here and there. Definitely way under the $30K limit of having to collect GST. I have not sold for a few years, and recently made my first sale in a long while. If I understand correctly, eBay.ca deducted GST from my sale. I am doubly confused:
1. I am not supposed to collect GST at all.
2. It's the buyer who is supposed to pay GST, and not me.
I tried researching the topic, and I'm so confused and overwhelmed, cannot find out a definitive anwer.
Is there a checkbox somewhere in my account that I can place for eBay not to collect GST from my sales?
Am I correct in understanding that eBay, instead of adding GST to my sale (to be paid by the buyer) charged ME for GST?
Many thanks!
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04-30-2023 06:28 PM
@antipode eBay charges the buyer the tax. When you look at your transaction, the total value you see is the value including the collected tax. When eBay shows you how much you made, they deduct that. It isn't actually coming out of money you're due.
You cannot opt out of the collection. It is mandated by the government for most online marketplaces regardless of whether the seller is registered.
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05-02-2023 01:55 PM - edited 05-02-2023 02:03 PM
UPDATE - I believe this should be the roadmap for others to follow.
On Thursday, April 27, 2023 1:40 PM I sent an email to: Canada GST/PST CanadaGST/PST@ebay.com asking for them to confirm they have a GST506 for me.
On April 28, 2023 11:06 AM I heard from Mike Florkowski saying they do not, and sent the link to fill it out and send back to him: https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/ca/pdf/Billing_Agent_Election_-_GST_HST_&_QST.pdf
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05-02-2023 01:57 PM - edited 05-02-2023 02:03 PM
Friday, April 28, 2023 12:03 PM I sent it with my portion filled out with the period in question beginning on 1 Jul 22.
Today, May 2, 2023 11:41 AM I received the form back and signed by an eBay Director named Marsha S. Helm.
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05-02-2023 01:58 PM - edited 05-02-2023 02:02 PM
All should now be in place with eBay.
Let's hope CRA stays happy.
Best of luck to everyone else.
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05-22-2023 07:05 PM
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06-27-2023 04:20 PM
Hey @allinthemindtreasures, I responded to you on this thread and attached a copy of the 506 that eBay was making available when the new sales tax requirements were announced in spring 2022. I'm not sure where or how you got the one that you ended up using, but I think most sellers were using the one I attached to the other thread and so far there's been no reports of issues with that one.
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06-28-2023 09:17 AM
This is the proper form; https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/cra-arc/formspubs/pbg/gst506/gst506-22e.pdf
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07-22-2023 03:00 PM
I'm looking to buy a used camera within Canada. I don't think used cameras are subject to GST when being sold as a personal use item. Will I be charged GST regardless?
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07-22-2023 04:33 PM
Dependent upon the province in which you live...PROV.TAX and/or HST WILL BE charged....
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07-22-2023 04:55 PM - edited 07-22-2023 05:04 PM
@atrebla_2 wrote:I'm looking to buy a used camera https://pages.ebay.com/ca/help/policies/seller-protection.htmlwithin Canada. I don't think used cameras are subject to GST when being sold as a personal use item. Will I be charged GST regardless?
I just visited a Canadian photography equipment website that sells new and used items. I went through the preliminaries of going through Checkout and was shown 5% GST on the $1800 used camera I selected. (I’m in BC.) I wasn’t asked if it was for personal use, and I doubt it matters.
EDITED TO ADD: This page is a little dated, but it does a good job of explaining that the nature of the seller or venue is a big contributor to the "taxability" of a transaction:
https://www.northernpolicy.ca/article/tax-implications-of-the-secondhand-economy-4065.asp
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07-22-2023 10:19 PM
The attachment mentions the situation I was thinking about- an individual (small supplier!) selling their old camera to me as distinct to me buying from an "estore".
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07-22-2023 11:15 PM - edited 07-22-2023 11:16 PM
Keep in mind that page dates back to 2016, before legislation caught up to sales made through digital marketplaces such as eBay. If you’re buying directly from someone who’s not registered to collect and remit GST/HST, then there’s no tax on the transaction. But as of last year, if the sale is facilitated through a digital marketplace, the marketplace is required to ensure that taxes are charged, collected and remitted on that transaction.
(Sorry I messed up quoting your previous post. Not sure how that happened.)
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01-15-2024 10:52 AM
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 does not receive the taxes as they would before MP or in a typical physical sale. So on my HST return I was unsure if I continue to deduct the HST/GST EBAY collects from my total ITC's ( HST/GST paid)? Seems like If I do continue to deduct then there will be duplicate payments to CRA.
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01-15-2024 11:17 AM
Hi, I was a bit confused by this also. Did you get a correct answer? I think you would ignore sales to Canada and continue to claim all your ITC's without deducting the HST/GST ebay collects. Please let me know if possible. - thx
my original question:
"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 does not receive the taxes as they would before MP or in a typical physical sale. So on my HST return I was unsure if I continue to deduct the HST/GST EBAY collects from my total ITC's ( HST/GST paid)? Seems like If I do continue to deduct then there will be duplicate payments to CRA."
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01-24-2024 02:39 PM
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01-24-2024 02:53 PM - edited 01-24-2024 02:54 PM
Your payment to the seller here on eBay will muchly depend on from where the shoes are being shipped>> from within Canada? from USA? other International country? If this is an International shipment there may be import duties and taxes applicable.
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01-24-2024 02:53 PM
You will have to check the Canada customs info to see if there will be duty. The gst/hst rate will be the same as whatever it would be if you bought them at home. Also, Canad Post charges a $9.95 fee if they have to collect duty and taxes.

