eBay

prometheelefort · ‎07-18-2024

Hi!

I have read your Canadian sales tax policy on your website (https://pages.ebay.ca/salestax2022/), but things are still not totally clear to me.

I'm trying to understand your policy regarding GST/QST for *physical* items (NOT digitally downloaded) sold from a USA seller to a Québec buyer.

1) Are you collecting and remitting GST/QST on those sales or is it up to the seller to collect/remit them?

2) If you are indeed collecting and remitting taxes on those sales, could you please provide me with eBay's GST and QST registration numbers? They do not appear anywhere on your orders and eBay is not even listed in Revenu Québec's list of suppliers outside Québec that are registered for the QST (https://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/businesses/consumption-taxes/gsthst-and-qst/special-cases-gsthst-and-...).

Thank you very much.

marnotom! · ‎07-18-2024

I'm not from eBay. I'm just a guy from Vancouver Island who spends too much time on these public discussion forums.

Sounds to me as though you're looking at a listing where the item is being forwarded through the eBay International Shipping service and taxes (and duty, if applicable) are being charged at checkout rather than on delivery by the carrier.

My understanding is that in this situation, the taxes are being collected in advance by the carrier, not eBay, and since the carrier might be unknown at the time of purchase, it is not possible to produce QST and GST registration information at checkout.

In addition, the eIS terms and conditions for buyers have a clause stating that the service is intended for non-commercial use. Items handled through the service should be for personal use and not intended for resale. I guess that's eIS's way of saying that you shouldn't be concerned about the lack of QST and GST registration information connected with the sale if the item is for personal use.

flipistics · ‎07-18-2024

@marnotom! wrote:

In addition, the eIS terms and conditions for buyers have a clause stating that the service is intended for non-commercial use. Items handled through the service should be for personal use and not intended for resale. I guess that's eIS's way of saying that you shouldn't be concerned about the lack of QST and GST registration information connected with the sale if the item is for personal use.

I'm not sure how it works with a 3rd party carrier, but if I bring items for my business across the border myself I have to fill out a commercial declaration. One also needs an import license attached to their CRA business account.