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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Forgot about this going into affect and got hit for the 1st time today. Needed a 2022 50 cent to keep my set going. Found a fair price, fair shipping, then taxes! Put me 14 cents above my budget of $3. The seller even has a disclaimer about the taxes. He knows people will not be happy about it. I'm beefin' on a 3 dollar purchase. I'm not spending big bucks on ebay anymore. I got curious about tax exempt 999 silver. Still wanted to charge tax. That should become an issue. "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
In memory of those members who left us too soon...
In memory of Tootallious March 31, 1964 - April 15, 2020
In memory of crazyb0 July 27 2020. RIP.
In memory of T-BOP Oct. 12, 1949 - Jan. 19, 2024
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Valued Member
 Canada
429 Posts |
Same for me this week end... Got to Buy two certified coins... With TPS and TPS, the Price increase close to 15%... That's very bad...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2984 Posts |
Why is ebay greedy when they don't keep the money? ebay is collecting taxes on behalf of the government. So the blame is 100% on the government. |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5391 Posts |
We made a corporate decision today based on what we sell and where on both ebay and Etsy as well as our own Web site and our Weekly one day Market . We have decided it is best to just NOT sell to Canada at all on Etsy as it is just a total hot mess over the Canadian Taxation issue with them . No help at all . As we know most of our repeat Canadian Customers on ebay they can just give us a call if they see something on ebay . I prefer to administer our own BC Sales Tax collection as we and all BC retailers receive a commission for collecting it . We also like to monitor our GST/ HST collection as well . That way we know it is done correctly . Sure as the Sun rises ebay will mess this up big time and I really don't need , want or trust them as my Tax Collection partner . Since we are mostly ( over 80 per cent ) an export Company we should be OK . Just sell more to the US and not worry too much about it . |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1765 Posts |
Poor wording on my end. 100% on the Government. Just wish ebay could have refused. "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
In memory of those members who left us too soon...
In memory of Tootallious March 31, 1964 - April 15, 2020
In memory of crazyb0 July 27 2020. RIP.
In memory of T-BOP Oct. 12, 1949 - Jan. 19, 2024
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Valued Member
Canada
342 Posts |
Sold an item on ebay. They charge seller taxes and they also charged me gst. I'm I correct that I shouldn't be paying at my end? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
Your fees will generate HST
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1984 Posts |
Sammeli, Your question is a little ambiguous. If you buy an item from a seller on ebay the seller gets the full sale price (less ebay fees). ebay adds the HST to this and the buyer pays the sale price plus HST. The only thing new here is that in the old days it was up to the seller to add HST and remit it to the government. Now ebay collects and remits for all. This is simple if you are an HST exempt seller. If you are a taxable seller like Pacificoin, it leads to the complications he has described. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I see that ebay charges GST+PST on bullion items. Is it because a seller did not create a tax exempt listing or because ebay does not provide such an option? If it is the latter, there is a potential violation of tax laws. Pure precious metals are GST/HST exempt, PST rules are complicated, but there should not be PST on bullion. Looks like the buyer is paying an extra tax without a way to claim it back. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2984 Posts |
Quote:Is it because a seller did not create a tax exempt listing or because ebay does not provide such an option? ebay does not give you option to create a tax exempt listing. Taxes are calculated automatically. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2984 Posts |
Quote:Sold an item on ebay. They charge seller taxes and they also charged me gst. I'm I correct that I shouldn't be paying at my end? Do you live in BC? The BC government charges PST on sellers. Apparently only BC does this. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/top...46b64cd0b04a |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
if you where charged tax, on a tax exempt item ie. .999 silver you have to contact ebay to send you a refund.. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5391 Posts |
ebay is messed up on this new fangled TAX Collection policy . Since the change on July 1st , we have had several different Canada orders . Some of these on ebay..Ca collected the proper GST/HST and provincial sales tax . The ones listed on ebay.com have not collected TAX at all . Since we are a GST registrant and to avoid potential troubles down the road with the CRA we have taken the unbelievable step of only shipping Canadian Sales on ebay.com via the Global Shipping Program . Rhetorically speaking how messed up is that ? We are located in the Fraser Valley BC and to get an item to anywhere in Canada , it will now go via GSP in Erlanger KY !! Never in my life did I think to stay onside with the government , I have to export items From my own country ! You just cannot make this stuff up ! Thanks !
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07/27/2022 1:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1923 Posts |
I feel for people selling on e-bay even as a buyer its getting crazy taxes, Global shipping ups the price of said coin making them un appealing to buy. e-bay is like a flee market now a lot of low end coins, but still not bad for varieties in what I collect.
Good luck to all who deal with e-bay
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Moderator
Canada
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Sellers, like myself, who are below the $30,000 threshold to register and have a GST/HST number, are impacted the least, if using ebay.ca. The taxes are extracted from the buyer and remitted directly by ebay.ca, and unlike Pacificoin, my shipping costs can remain lower than those who have to resort to Global Shipping fees. It's a bit of an unfair advantage when you think about it, but I am a collector who only has ever claimed sales from coins as "other income" on my annual taxes (i.e., it is not a business for me, and it is not my primary source of income). This is year one - wrinkles might get ironed out over time as this evolves. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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