Canadian Sales Tax

Billing Agent Authorization Tax Form Links

Hello all, It sounds like some have not received the Billing Agent Authorization Tax form yet and we want to make the links to access them available here English Form and here French Form only if you're registered for the collection of GST/HST and/or...

Canadian Sales Taxes - Questions

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 g...

Taxes paid on shipping labels

I sold an item and bought a Canada Post shipping label through eBay directly. I was charged for the shipping label but I cannot find an itemized list showing how much tax I paid for that label. Where would I see the tax information for the shipping l...

Tax on used items? who’se crazy now?

Why would you think Canadians are going to fall in line paying sales tax on a used item that already was charged tax as new. This is why I hardly used my eBay account any more. First, you demanded our SIN which I never give out, so you could report -...

The Taxes on a Customer's Invoice don't add up

My customer bought a $25 item with local pickup which I offer for free with no handling fees. When I prepare their invoice the estimated total listed is $28.25 ( $25 + $3.25 tax) which makes sense. Once I send the invoice, it states a total of $30.79...

Total newb, Need some understanding regarding GST Registration and Business Number.

Hello, Forgive me if I sound dumb but I was hoping that someone in the ebay community can provide me some understanding. Sorry if my english is bad. Back in 2021 I decided to create an ebay account to sell items, I made less than 10k. I received a le...

Canadian TAxes on second hand item?

Hi,I'm not quite sure to understand why do we have to pay eBAY a taxes on stuff we're selling that we already paid a taxe on? It's like paying 2 taxes on the same item....this makes no sense at all. Thanks.

Resolved! CRA says eBay gave us the wrong Billing Authorization form

Hey just a heads up, CRA did a review on my GST/HST billing authorization form. If you completed the form eBay provided it is wrong unless you are in Quebec. The form we should have all had them sign and send back to us has CRA on the top left instea...

Highway Robbery !

So Canadian buyers now have to pay both the provincial and federal sales tax on used items regardless if they are a business or not and to add insult to injury they charge the taxes on top of the shipping cost as well. eBay might as well shut down th...

Impôt sur des revenues de vente (Income sale tax)

Is it true that ,as a private ex-collector, i will have to declare the revenue to sell used motorcycle magazines ?

Canadian taxes

I am an international student in Canada I would like to sell through dropshipping some calendars on eBay for the new year. I will be selling from September till end of January that’s it I won’t be selling anything after that. and I’m not interested i...

What does this mean for sellers just trying to sell stuff, who do not have a store?

Will I be taxed just for selling old stuff or all this tax thing for those who have stores?

Ebay Collecting GST/HST and the Billing Agent Authorization Tax Form

Hi there... I am an eBay seller registered in Ontario, Canada. I know that eBay has been collecting and remitting GST/HST taxes to CRA on my behalf, starting on July 1, 2022. I have a CRA Business Number and had been submitting taxes collected on eBa...

illegal tax collection on NON-TAXABLE EVENTS as per Candian Tax Law

Ebay sent notice abpout GST/HST collection on "ebay digital/electronic sales...." however, it cannot make such broad sweeping claims as grandfathered into existence are legally referred to transactions known as "NON-TAXABLE EVENTS" whihch specificall...

Tax not charged on sale

I had a sale this morning where no tax was charged. The item was in the DVDs category (and was a movie). The listing was on eBay Canada. The item location is correctly set in Canada. I'm in Canada. The shipping address is to a Canadian address. The o...

HST/PST Collection and Remittance

I assumed that eBay was doing this on our behalf since July 2022, but after a conversation with 2 X CRA agents today, they explained there needs to be an "agent election" agreement in place i.e. the GST506 form.Did any of you fill one of these out wi...

Taxes.

Why collect tax on something that has already been taxed by the purchaser? I buy USED equipment and I get taxed on that so isn't that illegal to tax twice on ONE item?

Question about British Columbia and Manitoba sales taxes

Hello, When I file my BC or MB PST, I must enter the total of my sales then pay the PST. I can even get a commission if I file and pay on time which is cool. But now that eBay collects and remits PST on my behalf, what do I enter in the form? That my...

Seller Tax Tables

devon@ebay It's my understanding that tax tables are going to be reactivated on January 10th. We have (still) never gotten an answer regarding whether Canadian tax registered sellers should be deactivating them now that ebay is collecting the taxes, ...

Canadian Sales Tax for Books and Similar

A number of my items I sell are books. There is no GST on books in Canada only PST. Will Ebay be distinguishing this in the upcoming tax collection? Also, do comic books fall under this catergorie?

Could anyone confirm how eBay treats HST remittances on behalf of HST registered sellers in Canada?

I have a business in Ontario that is HST-registered.I understand that eBay is considered my agent with respect to HST collection, i filled up the form (GST506E) that Ebay asked for, because Ebay collects the HST on my company's behalf.My question is,...

Help with eBay tax form

Hi everyone,I have a GST registered business in BC and am trying to fill out the tax form sent out to sellers this summer. I had a couple of questions regarding the form that I was hoping someone could help me with.What does "Description of supplies ...

Four months on, can someone answer this please?

Like many small (and GST unregistered) sellers, I was ( I guess still am) upset that my ebay sales now attract sales taxes and that I pay fees on those taxes, but I understand that's now the name of the game and I'm still listing/selling.However, as ...

sales per month

Where on the Ebay.ca site can I find my total sales per month. I keep track of this information myself of course but I want to make sure it jives when I submit my GST/HST return on line 101 (total sales and revenue). I file quarterlyIm assuming here ...

Ebay is collecting sales tax on top of their calcuated shipping cost (which already includes tax)

I am working on my Q3/22 GST/HST sales tax return for Rev Canada.This quarter Ebay started its policy of collecting the GST/HST on Canadian sales.Ebay also has a shipping rate calculator which calculates the shipping cost based on the package size an...

GST HST

Where on Ebays site can I find the amount of GST/HST Ebay submitted on my behalf per monthThanks in advance

GST/HST question

Now that Ebay is collecting & submitting GST/HST on my behalf,what number (if any) do I insert on line 105 of my quarterly return? Should I include a note that Ebay is collecting and submitting it on my behalf if I insert $0.00 on line 105Im assuming...

Garbage

Greedy ass trash

20% fees now this?! Hahaha this is the death of Ebay

Wow i thought the 20% fees was already atrocious. Now i will need to tax my stuff?! Give the info to the CRA?!?!??! I BARELY BREAK EVEN MY ITEMS WERE ALREADY TAXES 3 TIMES!!! When they got imported , sold , then bought by me. Who's gonna refund me Lo...

HST on good sold in USA to USA buyer

Hmmm... checking over my sales recently, and notice the eBay is charging HST on my good, listed and sold in the USA, and to USA buyers. It's impossible to reach a human at ebay, so my buyers are stuck with an additional 13% charge for a transaction t...

ATTENTION BUYERS: EBAY IS ILLEGALLY COLLECTING FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL SALES TAXES ON BULLION

ATTENTION BUYERS: EBAY IS ILLEGALLY COLLECTING FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL SALES TAXES ON BULLIONOn July 14th, 2022 eBay announced that they were collecting sales taxes on the bullion category because of a "technical glitch" and that they would be refundi...

Canadian PST

I have to collect only PST for my province. I also have to report and remit quarterly. Is eBay going to file on my behalf and do the paperwork and bookkeeping or send me the PST that I charge on my invoices ? I don’t have to collect gst so if they co...