eBay

sandysprettythings · ‎06-01-2022

Ridiculous! Taxes were already paid on used items. Many people selling on Ebay are Seniors trying to eke out some kind of living! This hurts so many people.

marnotom! · ‎06-01-2022

I don't follow how sellers are hurt by this if it's the buyers paying the taxes. They may take a flesh wound from the increase in the selling fees as fees are charged on the entire transaction amount, but they can make up for that in various ways.

The official word from the eBay tax team is that it's the transaction getting hit with tax charges, not the item. You may want to contact your MP Michael Cooper with your concerns, though.

mrdutch1001 · ‎06-01-2022

Please read and understand this taxation process is NOT about sellers and only relates to sellers in that the FVFs will include paying the FVF percentage rate on the TOTAL transaction, including the sales tax that the buyer has paid.

this is taxation on transactions of online sales, and it is the buyers that are paying the sales tax. It does not matter where the seller is located- the taxation is based on the buyer's location.

It is the BUYER that pays the sales tax according to the %age sales tax of their province. Sellers under the $30,000 threshold need do NOTHING! It is the selling site that is collecting those taxes on behalf of sellers and remitting them as required. BUYERS pay the sales tax on the sales transaction.Sellers will pay their fees on the TOTAL transaction.

This Canadian taxation process is really no different than the "internet taxation" as applied in the USA by 45 state gov'ts, whereby buyers pay that USA "internet sales tax" based on their state's sales tax % and sellers pay their fees on the TOTAL transaction, which includes paying fees on the applied taxes. The Canadian taxation process is also applied to the TOTAL transaction, whereby the taxes are paid by the buyer, but the seller will pay the fees on the TOTAL transaction which includes paying the applicable fees on the new taxation process...