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https://pages.ebay.ca/collectandremit/buyer.html

After that, they will complain why Canadians are buying from U.S. or other foreign businesses / Ebay sellers instead of Canada-based ones...

I don't see how Canadian buyers get out of paying Canadian taxes.  I live in California, and I pay taxes on all of my Ebay purchases.  I also pay taxes on my purchases from Canadian sellers.

I find it interesting on two fronts. First, the Canadian GST/HST changes causing this were in place effective July 1, 2021. I haven't looked at whether ebay is just slow or somehow got an OK or fit some exception for the delay (not sure on the provincial side of their exact date changes).

Second, there have always been self reporting rules whereby, if you were not charged sales tax for imports on personal purchases, that you were supposed to self assess and pay the sales tax directly to the government (so the whole work around by buying from sources outside Canada that don't charge sales tax doesn't technically work). Almost no one does this self assessment of course.

Third - on a quick read, it looks like eBay commissions, being based on total sale price, including the sales tax, means there is added fee to the seller, just because of the sales tax being charged. I don't sell on ebay, but thought that would be useful for sellers to know and look for / confirm 

I will fill out the form on June 30th lol just to protest anything I don't understand, I have a GST number so I have no choice but to charge it. If I stay under a certain dollar amount in gross sales in three consecutive years I can apply to close my account. Until then GST is there.

On your third note...this is true for sellers on eBay and very annoying. I have to pay fees for money that I never even see and can sell the same item to two different buyers and receive different amounts of money.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) had agreed with eBay Canada to delay the implementation until this year. The CRA started with Amazon last year.

Kevin

I have been told by some sellers on eBay, who currently collect Sales Tax, that if you don't fill out the form in time, your listings will be demoted for a time and eventually removed.

Kevin

Thanks - figured eBay was too big a fish that there was likely some agreement for the delay, even though the rules were a year before.

It was easier for Amazon to do it and to give eBay sometime to figure it out. Amazon was always collecting sales tax on items that they owned and sold.

Kevin

Thanks for heads up.