TAX ID VERIFIED HELP

[bataro27]

Hello,

I'm a seller from Mexico, and I add my Tax ID, since March. Today Ebay is charging me the ISR tax with a 20% rate, as if my Tax ID hasn't been verified. What can I do? Help.

[fab_finds4u]

What is ISR tax? 

eBay charges sales tax according to the location it is delivere to. It is never 20 %

Not sure if other countries can be exempted.

https.www.ebay.com/help/buying/paying-items/paying-tax-ebay-purchases?id=4771

[monroe67]

If you mean IRS -- the United States Internal Revenue Service -- then my question to you is: how and why is eBay "today" charging you the IRS "tax with a 20% rate"?  

When you sell to buyers with US addresses, the buyer (not you, as the seller) -- the buyer is charged and pays a sales (or use) tax at the current rate where that buyer is located.   In some states it might be zero sales tax, or as low as 5% or 6%, while other areas are approaching 10%.  Those sales taxes are imposed (think: impuestos) and collected by the states.  

The IRS has nothing to do with state sales taxes that are charged on each purchase.  

Where and when the IRS wants its share is after the first of each year and no later than April 15.  That is when all of us US taxpayers have to file our federal income tax returns.   On those returns, we have to tell the IRS how much money we earned (income) during the previous year from our regular jobs, from side gigs (like driving for Uber), from gambling, from child support, from selling stuff at yard sales or on eBay, from closing retirement accounts like IRAs or 401(k)s, from rents on residences we owned but rented out, etc., etc.  

It seems to me to be a little early "today" to guess what one's federal income tax percentage for 2022 is.   I don't understand where you get that 20% figure.   

[1tuna]

I think that you are asking about buying in Mexico and skipping the sales tax

buyers here in the USA do not have to pay sales tax when they have a state tax number registered with ebay

in any case the ebayers on this forum have had some decent service from ebay thru facebook

[bataro27]

Hi,

ISR is a tax from Mexico, that Ebay is applying to Mexican sellers, is the 20% if you don't have your Tax ID updated at EBay. I update it, but Ebay is holding that tax as if my TAX ID, isn't correct, so I want to know, what to do? 

[bataro27]

Hi,

ISR (Impuesto sobre la Renta)  is a tax from Mexico, that Ebay is applying to Mexican sellers, is the 20% if you don't have your Tax ID updated at EBay. I update it, at March, when Ebay asked for it, but since yesterday  Ebay is holding that tax as if my TAX ID, isn't correct, so I want to know, what to do? 

[bataro27]

Hi,

ISR (Impuesto sobre la Renta)  is a tax from Mexico, that Ebay is applying to Mexican sellers, is the 20% if you don't have your Tax ID updated at EBay. I update it, at March, when Ebay asked for it, but since yesterday  Ebay is holding that tax as if my TAX ID, isn't correct.

[monroe67]

Good explanation.  Of course, I have never heard of the Mexican Impuesto sobre la Renta (ISR) and, of the people who posted responses to your original question, I don't think many of those posters know either.  

I don't know anything about Mexican taxation.   
I know just enough about American taxation to keep me out of trouble. 
Part of what I know is to consult professional tax preparers when I'm not sure what to do.  

This is just a wild guess, but would an accountant in Mexico be able to help you know what to do?  
Does eBay have a Mexican site?  Does it have a Community Forum?  

Hope you can find help.  Buena suerte. 

[yeyita7]

I have the same problem. I have a valid RFC registered on ebay and starting July 1st ebay begun to withold 20% as ISR tax.

[ckimodog]

I would contact a tax professional in Mexico who is familiar with the ISR rules and regulations. Most people here are like you...sellers and buyers and most don't have tax knowledge internationally or otherwise.  An accountant would be your best choice to answer your questions.

Con mucho Buena Suerte!

[jcin9215]

did you fix it? i have been months trying to fix verify my RFC and ebay dont do the job.

[glasseeker-n-stuff]

Te resolvió ebay???? Tengo desde Octubre que me empezaron a cobrar injustificadamente el 20% puesto que tengo un RFC valido cargado también desde Marzo pero su sistema de verificación parece q no sirve............

[glasseeker-n-stuff]

Yo no he podido vender desde Octubre por ese problema de que no validan, tu ya resolviste??

[iquipau]

Any news?  I canceled an order the same day after seeing the amount they took. They havent refunded nor credited back the funds, I talked to them and just keep saying i should wait, that the refund should come, that they don't know when but it should. Its bee weeks and nothing. Now im reading they don’t refund it after a certain amount of time but they dont  seem to be doing nothing.

[noprob]

ENGLISH:
Hi, just wanted to share how I finally, FINALLY got my MEX tax ID verified, after like half a year of struggling:

Turns out my name was incomplete; And that is because they simply took it from my address information, instead of requesting it separately for tax purposes. So that is why the tax ID wouldn't validate.

So I updated my name on payoneer to my full name, and waited months for the tax ID to update. It didn't. I asked everyone on ebay chat support; Some really tried to help, even though they had no clue how to help with this.

So then I thought, maybe I should force the system to update, by listing a cheap item. So, I listed an item for $1.00, and it sold. A month after that, I got an email titled: "Mensaje de eBay - Verificación confirmada del RFC en su cuenta", and it said: "Nos complace informarle que su cuenta ha sido verificada con éxito. A partir de este momento, se le dejará de retener la tasa del 20% de ISR sobre sus ventas en su cuenta".

So I think there really is no way to pre-validate the Mex Tax ID, except by selling an item. And if your info doesn't match perfectly, the system won't tell you. It will just slap you with the 20%. This was my experience, at least. So, I would recommend checking your info is 100% perfectly correct on payoneer, especially your name and postal code, and then successfully selling a cheap item to force the tax ID to get verified. And then wait a month, at least.

ESPAÑOL:

Hola, queria compartir como finalmente logré validar my RFC del Sat en ebay, despues de como 6 meses de estar sufriendo:

Me di cuenta que mi nombre estaba incompleto, ya que ebay solo lo tomó de mis datos de dirección, en vez de pedirlo especificamente para propositos de validación de impuestos. Y esto fue el primer problema que tuve.

Le pregunté a todo mundo en el chat de soporte, pero la verdad nadie sabia realmente como funciona el sistema.

Entonces se me ocurrió la idea de vender un artículo super barato por $1.00, para obligar al sistema a que se actualice solo. Lo hice, y el articulo se vendió. Un mes después, recibi un email titulado "Mensaje de eBay - Verificación confirmada del RFC en su cuenta", y decia: "Nos complace informarle que su cuenta ha sido verificada con éxito. A partir de este momento, se le dejará de retener la tasa del 20% de ISR sobre sus ventas en su cuenta".

Entonces pienso que realmente no hay manera de validar el RFC, el sistema lo valida solo al vender un artículo. Y si tu información está mal, entonces te cae el 20% de impuestos asi nomas, sin advertencia alguna. Asi me pasó a mi también. Entonces yo les recomendaria que chequen que su nombre en payoneer y su codigo postal coincidan PERFECTAMENTE con lo que tienen registrado en el SAT, y luego vendan un articulo muy barato para obligar al sistema a que intente validar su RFC de nuevo. Y esperar un mes despues de eso, de perdida.