Anyone understand why we are getting Tax invoices?

[mdf_jersey]

I am showing an invoice that I am owing $125. I clicked on it to see the deatials, sinse I thought we are not being invoiced anymore, I thought maybe its from before managed payments. 

It is saying that this is a tax invoice. Details are kinda vague, but it seems that they are collecting Gst.  Is this what is happening?

[mdf_jersey]

So here is that invoice. 

[ypdc_dennis]

That is a report for your accountant to use for Input Tax Credits -- if you are registered for GST.

The tax amounts have already been charged on ebay fees. This is reference only.

[marnotom!]

Yeah, referring to it as an “invoice” is kinda misleading and confusing. It would be more accurate to call it a “statement”.

[recped]

It might be misleading and confusing but it's technically correct in relation to GST/HST. eBay also has a thing called a Statement which is what it says, a summary of ins and outs like a bank account statement.

On the Invoice it indicates that nothing is due, fees have already been deducted. Because there is no specific payment from your bank account (direct debit or cheque), no credit card billing, nothing other than this document to show what you paid in fees and what you paid in taxes to support your financial statements used for tax reporting purposes.

[mdf_jersey]

Super confusing. Ebay is taking the GST from Canadian sales? Sorry just dont undersatand this

[marnotom!]

Canadian eBay sellers are charged GST on their fees. The invoice just shows how much the seller has been charged as they seller has already paid it.

[recped · Accepted solution]

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@mdf_jersey wrote:

Super confusing. Ebay is taking the GST from Canadian sales? Sorry just dont undersatand this

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eBay charges GST/HST on Seller Fees, they have been doing so since July 1st, 2017 as required by the Government of Canada.

eBay does not collect GST/HST from buyers, this is still up to sellers who are registered to collect GST/HST.

[ypdc_dennis]

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@recped wrote:
eBay does not collect GST/HST from buyers, this is still up to sellers who are registered to collect GST/HST

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This may change, as of July 1, amazon.ca will be collecting Saskatchewan provincial sales tax for all seller sales (registered or not).  No idea if this will be required for ebay.  The internet sales tax keeps spreading (July will see EU VAT added for ebay)...

[recped]

Different situation for Amazon, they are the seller of record even for third-party sellers.

[ypdc_dennis]

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@recped wrote:

Different situation for Amazon, they are the seller of record even for third-party sellers.

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Saskatchewan is wanting to have a marketplace facilitator collect the sales tax for them (just like many other parts of the world).

Amazon.ca is not seller of record for Canadian third-party sellers. Although, that might be how SK is now treating those sales for sales tax purposes -- I'll have to check the next time I have an AZ SK sale (although I'd be just as happy with an eBay SK sale).

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[doc_scribe]

Where are you seeing this Tax Invoice? I can't seem to find a single source for all quarterly fees and tax paid (especially GST), together with a breakdown of domestic vs. international sales.

[recped]

@doc_scribe 

Seller Hub, Payment Tab, Reports, third tab to the right "Invoices".

Direct Link: https://www.ebay.ca/sh/fin/report/invoices

For a domestic/international breakdown you would probably need to run a transaction report and massage it in Excel (there is a field for Country),  eBay doesn't provide a one-click report for this.

[doc_scribe]

That's what I suspected; more work to extract what should be available on demand via one or two clicks max. Oh well, thanks anyway recped.

[recped]

Well you can still get the numbers for the past 12 months in the Seller Dashboard broken down by US, UK, Germany and Global. Seems like the life to date numbers have gone away from the Dashboard (but they were never accurate anyway).