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Fees on sales tax
I live in NH and sold an item to someone in NY. The item was sold for $125. Ebay then added $10 sales tax. Ebay then said the total amount was $135. I was then charged the ending fee on the $135 total. FYI, NH has no sales tax. If the tax was for NY, why was the final fee charged on the tax?
Bill
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wooden_flower
Mentor1 year ago@biku_2412
eBay charges their fees on the total from the buyer.
There are many reasons, here’s a few - choose the ones you like -
- All payment processors charge fees on the total including tax and shipping.
- eBay handles all of the sales tax reporting, why shouldn’t they charge a fee for this service?
- eBay lowered the fee %s when they started processing payments and collecting the tax, to allow for the fee to be charged on the total.
-The math is easier. Excluding these items means the %s would go up, the fees would not go down.
-why not? eBay can structure their fees any way they like 🙂