mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@soh.maryl wrote:Just in case anyone is interested, the State of Ohio not only has a STATE INCOME TAX but also a STATE SALES TAX. The latter will vary, sometimes greatly, from location to location.
I did post a link in an earlier post that shows all that state by state. Yes some have both.
@soh.maryl wrote:My point was that there ARE states that have both a state sales tax and a state income tax.
And some counties/cities within some states have a local sales tax as well as income tax.
I'm unsure of what more to say. My response to your statement was "I did post a link in an earlier post that shows all that state by state. Yes some have both. " that you are responding to. I'm not sure what more I can say but YES you are correct.
As to the County/city comment. As far as I know all counties and cities in states with sales tax have local rates that are part of the overall sales tax charged in those areas. Which is why Sales tax varies across a state that has sales tax. That is why in any given state a buyer should use their full zip code as it tells the system where within the state they are located so that the Sales tax charged is more accurate.
For example in the County I live in the sales tax is a little less expensive that the County north of me.
@aristocratsandgypsies wrote:What I find heartbreaking & a very bitter pill to swallow, is that when I sell as a business seller outside of Europe, ( I am based in Spain), my seller fees now work out at around 25%... Imagine a 1/4 going in seller fees.
Had this been the case when starting out in ebay 20 years ago, I would have found it impossible to grow as I did. On that other account I had built a terrific thriving eBay with over 15,000 items sold, then eBay decided to wipe out 80% of the visibility for most European based sellers, which basically killed that account
Can you break that down for us? I can't find anything that says your fees are that high, but then I may be looking in all the wrong places. Keeping in mind that shipping costs are not fees charged by Ebay for selling here.
@mcrhubarb wrote:Thanks for the info. I knew they were charging tax as mandated by law. I don't check every single transaction but most and saw the tax backed out of the transaction before Ebay calculated my fees which was why I was surprised to see the tax as part of the transaction. I am not happy with the shipping being included either but that has been going on for quite awhile. I did switch to the Ebay international shipping from the global shipping program and assume Ebay charges the buyer a handling charge but find it unfair to add that to my calculated fees as part of the whole transaction. Probably didn't read the fine print there. The road maintenance and food delivery fee was the first one I received, is that charged by my home state or the state it is being shipped to? As some others have commented, government is in the business of finding ways to generate more revenue from where ever it can.
Sales tax is paid by the buyer. Ebay takes it and processes it on to the proper State. Sellers pay their fees on the total amount the buyer pays which includes sales tax.
There is currently only a couple of States that charge an additional road or food delivery tax. Still Ebay is required by law to collect that FROM the Buyer.
You as the seller are not PAYING these State taxes, the buyer is. But you are charged the FVF on the TOTAL amount of money the buyer pays you to include for sales tax. That is stated clearly in the Selling Fees Policy page, which I gave you a link to earlier in the thread.
On that 50 cents you don't like, you pay approximately $0.07 cents in fees.
My bad, I didn't realize you were not in the USA.
International Tariff and Currency conversion fees are NOT the same thing. A currency conversion fee is charged by the bank converting the form of currency being paid with into the currency required to pay for the particular item you are purchasing. That is NOT an Ebay fee .
VAT is also not an Ebay fee but a tax. Taxes of any kind do not stay in Ebay's pocket and therefore not an Ebay fee. A cost of sales certainly, but not an Ebay fee.
Ebay fees are the final value fee they charge you for the total amount a buyer paid you for the purchase of an item. The buyer pays you for shipping. They give you money to cover what the shipping charges would be or should be.
Ebay does not charge taxes, your country does. Ebay is just required to collect and remit them. That does not make them an Ebay fee.
@aristocratsandgypsies wrote:Hi,
Yes, you are right, but we do pay seller fees on taxes which the USA is charging its buyers, we brits tend to lump all costs together & call them eBay selling fees.
There is still no getting around the fact that it now costs around 20% to sell internationally.
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Ebay fees are the costs of selling on the site. ONLY Ebay fees. While shipping costs are part of the cost of sale, they are not fees charged and kept by Ebay. So while your Costs of Sale may be 20%, your Ebay fees are a lower percentage unless you are using promoted listings and setting the additional FVF that you are paying that totals your FVFs to about 20%.
There is a difference between Ebay fees and Cost of goods sold. Ebay fees are PART of COGS but not everything that goes into COGS is an Ebay fee.
