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Hey, Colorado eBay Sellers! How's That New Retail Delivery Fee Workin' Out?
I was just reminded on another board, that the first day of the new Colorado Retail Delivery Fee was July 1.
"The new fee collected from Colorado buyers is 27 cents – so on eBay, for example, sellers who pay a 12.9% Final Value fee would pay an extra $3.48 for every 100 transactions or $34 for every 1,000 transactions to Colorado."
From what I understand, due to the fact that the Colorado Department of Revenue did not supply any draft guidance until May 2022, eBay will be currently picking up the tab for eBay items being shipped to Colorado.
(And no doubt eBay is scrambling to find a way to pass on that expense to either buyers or sellers -- or both.)
But, in the meantime -- how's that workin' out in general for buyers and sellers in Colorado, either from internet sales, or B&M purchases in general?
kh-jean
·3 years agoHi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.
mr_lincoln
·3 years ago@1786davycrockett
I am sure we will get either an announcement or have details included on the next Seller update ...
simply-the-best-for-you
·3 years ago@mr_lincoln Probably not, as this is an old thread from last year & this already went into effect some time ago.
mr_lincoln
·3 years ago@simply-the-best-for-you OMG! Thank you ...
1kt4peace
·3 years agoI will no longer purchase any non-food item on ebay if the sellers are going to start collecting that rip $.27 fee that some sneaky Colorado legislators enacted because they could not raise the Colorado Sales Taxes. This was the Colorado Legislators way of making Colorado Residents pay higher taxes. Ebay just started in March 2023 collecting that CO 27 cent fee. I bought different non-food items for many years including all of 2021, 2022 and Jan, Feb 2023 and only paid the Denver 8.81% sales tax but now in March 2023 it seems that all the ebay sellers are adding the rip-off CO 27 cent fee to all non-food purchases. So until Ebay finds a way to bypass that ridiculus CO 27cent ripoff fee then it is goodbye to Ebay for all my non-food purchases. There are online stores that do not charge that 27 cent CO rip off fee for non-food items.
theteamsetguy
·3 years ago@1kt4peace ,
They are probably unaware of the new tax. Ebay isn't going to break the law.
redmodelt
·4 years agoThink California is already charging a trash/recycling fee on some items including things bought online, which is a lot higher than anything Colorado currently has on the books.
itsjustasprain
·4 years agoThe on-line aspect may be new but not the concept of charging trash/recycling fees on some items. Car batteries and other auto parts have had core charges imposed (if the old one is not brought in for recycling) for decades.
bashort
·4 years agoThe batteries was a environmental thing, other items like say a starter is a economic thing, the old starter has value and to stay in the starter rebuilding business the rebuilder needed the old starter and was basically buying it from you, in both cases there was a specific benefit.
In the Colorado case it appears to be just another taxing opportunity
1786davycrockett
OP4 years agoMy understanding of the new Colorado law, is that it is a fee collected specifically to provide additional funds for the Colorado state road system, and has NOTHING to do with recycling.
We have a similar law in Minnesota, which is called a "wheelage tax," and is specifically designed to supplement the Minnesota state roads and highways budget.
Originally, this tax was meant to effect only the 5 county metropolitan area around the Twin Cities, and was overwhelmingly approved by the (mostly) Republican legislators from the non-participating counties from OUTSIDE the metropolitan Twin Cities area (there are 87 counties in Minnesota, as opposed to what used to be only the 5 metropolitan counties).
However -- as the populations of the counties SURROUNDING the 5 county metropolitan area expanded, the roads in those counties also significantly deteriorated, with the result that the "wheelage tax" was extended to include THOSE counties as well. As of today, 47 of the 87 counties in Minnesota are included in the "wheelage tax."
It is not surprising that some of Colorado's bigger cities are beginning to feel the wear & tear of the last 50 or so years.
the-hook-and-the-loop
·4 years agoIs there not property taxes? Sales tax? Sales tax(county)?
1786davycrockett
OP4 years ago"Is there not property taxes? Sales tax? Sales tax(county)?"
Sure -- all of that. And inhabitants in a few of the metro counties as well are entitled to pay for building the stadiums for the privately-owned professional hockey team, the football team, the basketball team & the baseball team -- all of which were publicly voted upon by the Minnesota state legislature.
But, rather than having ALL residents of Minnesota pay for these 4 stadiums, the legislature overwhelmingly decided (once again) that ONLY residents in those metro counties are required to pay for the construction of these privately-owned, professional sports stadiums. ALL of the outstate legislators from the non-metro counties (nearly all of whom are Republicans) refused a state-wide tax; and, instead, dumped more taxes on the metro counties.
And the wheelage tax is a separate tax entirely, payable every year, by all licensed drivers in 47 of the 87 Minnesota counties.
theteamsetguy
·3 years ago@1786davycrockett ,
I don't care how the stadiums and arenas are paid for as long as they are built. I think we need a new arena for the Timberwolves. Target center is getting dated compared to other arenas around the country.
While there at it they mind as well build a new arena for the Gophers basketball. The barn is a negative for recruiting.