Charging Transaction fees on SALES TAX COLLECTED FROM Customers!!! | Selling

an-57470 · 2023-09-29T17:51:49.001000Z

Hi, I am an Accountant and sometimes I post items in Ebay for items I don't need. I sold Brand New Marc Jacobs bags, and diamond earrings that I never used- but I saw that EBAY charged me 15% transaction fees on Sales Tax. In the first place - SALES TAX ARE money they collected from buyers to be remitted to a corresponding State! We, as seller - never received the money, - SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY transaction fees on Sales Tax Collected on behalf of the State. For the meantime- Ebay needs to remit the full amount of sales tax. For example - a Sales tax for the earrings I sold at $480 - at 8.875% = $42.60 (NYS and NYC) Ebay took 15% $6.39 from me, and at the same time - full amount of $42.60 they need to remit to NYS and NYC. So, as a seller - I am out of $6.39. Just imagine those big time Ebay sellers that sells tons of items every month. I only sell once in a while. I believe this is NOT how it is supposed to be. Sellers SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED TRANSACTION FEES for sales tax collected on behalf of the State/City. Who we should addressed this to?

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