Ebay is Including Sales Tax in the Sellers 60-Day Total

[youmightthink]

I recently found eBay is including sales taxes in the 60-day total on the My eBay Selling Overview page.

After selling a $20 item (free shipping), my 60-day sales total increased by more than $20.  The extra amount exactly matches the sales tax rate for a $20 purchase in the buyer's state.

Is there some place where eBay shows a breakdown of the amounts included in the 60-day total?  If not, how do sellers make use of the 60-day sales total when it might include amounts the seller does not see?

[dhbookds]

In seller hub, there is message under a sale that has sales tax

eBay note: This total includes tax that eBay is required to collect from your buyer. You can view the amount paid to you in the sales record. Learn m

That said, I agree it ought to be shown as a separate column........and the sale price should be "pure"

[ersatz_sobriquet]

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@youmightthink wrote:

I recently found eBay is including sales taxes in the 60-day total on the My eBay Selling Overview page.

After selling a $20 item (free shipping), my 60-day sales total increased by more than $20.  The extra amount exactly matches the sales tax rate for a $20 purchase in the buyer's state.

Is there some place where eBay shows a breakdown of the amounts included in the 60-day total?  If not, how do sellers make use of the 60-day sales total when it might include amounts the seller does not see?

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Good grief. Money we didn't collect, never had in our possession, complicating our taxes. 

[dtexley3]

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@ersatz_sobriquet wrote:

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@youmightthink wrote:

I recently found eBay is including sales taxes in the 60-day total on the My eBay Selling Overview page.

After selling a $20 item (free shipping), my 60-day sales total increased by more than $20.  The extra amount exactly matches the sales tax rate for a $20 purchase in the buyer's state.

Is there some place where eBay shows a breakdown of the amounts included in the 60-day total?  If not, how do sellers make use of the 60-day sales total when it might include amounts the seller does not see?

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Good grief. Money we didn't collect, never had in our possession, complicating our taxes. 

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You shouldn't be using those numbers for taxes.  Ebay and Paypal have specific reports that you should be obtaining to use for taxes.  The 60-day sales total is just eye-candy and shouldn't be used for any financial purpose.

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

eye-candy = make sellers think they sold more than they did?

[dtexley3]

pretty much, or else they "couldn't figure out how to handle the sales tax" like they said about the packing slip......

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

Well, they do also include the shipping in those totals. But at least the buyer seller (oopsie) is PAID the shipping.

[weldmetal]

I'm glad you posted this observation.  I was wondering why there was such a big difference between my eBay sales total and my PayPal account balance.  It looked like I was missing 9-10% instead of about 3+% that PayPal collects.  The Sales Tax in the eBay total is the reason.  You might note that PayPal collect their 2.9% on the sale tax.  They charge 2.9% on the total which includes sales price, shipping and sales tax plus $0.30 per item.

[gameescape]

Ebay new ceo :Team the years looking great. Revenue is already up 8 percent across the board. 

Ebay senior accountant: let’s just let him have his moment.