@nbachorn519 wrote:
Yes it is an eBay thing. They are adding and collecting taxes on used goods sold by private sellers. Unless the private seller is a registered business with GST/HST registration number who sells over $30k worth of used goods a year those used goods are not subject to taxes.
It's an "eBay thing" in the sense that the feds are now requiring eBay Canada (and other digital marketplaces) to ensure that taxes are charged and remitted on transactions on its website. The seller's GST/HST registration status has nothing to do with it, but the venue's GST/HST registration status does. If eBay Canada wasn't registered and had sales worth less than $30K in a year, it wouldn't be required to do this.
And has been noted many times over, transactions involving used items are just as subject to tax as those of new items.
Some people posting about this don't seem to be aware that federal tax legislation that took effect over a year ago is what's driving this and are trying to cite and apply older legislation that wasn't designed with digital marketplaces in mind.
