The collection and remit of taxes is not done by individual sellers.
It is done by eBay which processes well over $30,000 a minute in payments every day.
The money passes through our invoices as a simple way of charging the customer.
This has been done for over two years for our US customers, and was a decision of the US Supreme Court. Most sellers are less familiar with similar collections from the UK, EU, and Australia.
As of July first, Revenue Canada will be expecting similar collection by eBay.
Again the money will pass through our invoices and our Buyers will pay their provincial tax and GST as part of their whole payment.
What we will see is that since the tax money makes up part of the payment processed by Managed Payments, we will be paying FVF on it as part of the whole payment.
The only good thing about this, besides putting all sellers, bid and small on the same footing, is that eBay will be doing the calculation for us.
Unless you can tell me how much sales tax you should charge for buying a pair of children's sneakers at $10 and shipping them to BC in a box 17x15x10cm weighing 749 gr.
