on 09-22-2019 10:40 PM
I am confused about the ebay sales tax collection for sales to certain states. As a Canadian seller with annual sales of less than 10 thousand, I am not required to charge sales tax. Ebay states that they are collecting and submitting the sales tax on behalf of the seller, so does that mean they are submitting the tax to Revenue Canada or are my sales providing tax revenue to the state of the buyer. I have been unable to find a clear answer on this.
Nothing to do with Canadian HST, GST, QST or PST.
eBay is now required to collect sales tax on purchases for a large number of American States. The sales tax collected is based on the destination (not where the Seller is located). The tax collected is paid to the destination State.
eBay does the collection and payment on behalf of all eBay Sellers. Sellers do nothing, as it is not part of their money flow, so no accounting work is required for Canadian Sellers.
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