eBay

the3e_94 · ‎03-28-2022

How is it legal for eBay to collect fees from taxes paid?

downunder-61 · ‎03-28-2022

Because they openly outline all selling fee's, and state all final value fee's are charged on item + shipping + sales tax before you chose to accept the TOS to sell here.

It is transparent, and all sellers are able to make an informed decision before accepting the terms.

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slippinjimmy · ‎03-28-2022

100% LEGAL.

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calntom · ‎03-28-2022

Sellers agree to the fee structure before they sell anything.

Why would you think it is not legal?

mtgraves7984 · ‎03-28-2022

Short answer: the law allows it. 😐

heckofagame · ‎03-28-2022

It is technically a payment processing fee. They call it a FVF, but that name needs to change,.

dbfolks166mt · ‎03-28-2022

This question has been asked and answered 100's of times. Review the answers to some of the other postings that asked the same question and you will find the same answers there that you are going to get here.

chapeau-noir · ‎03-28-2022

I'm beginning to think people are pranking us with this repetitive question.

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coolections · ‎03-28-2022

How is it legal to collect tax on money that was already taxed and tax again on that tax? Because the government says so. Unfortunately, everyone wants a piece of the pie, and they get it.

714ricki · ‎03-28-2022

Commissions off of the Sales Tax is a normal legal practice amongst the payment collectors which includes all the credit card companies. Ask a retail shop......the credit card company charges them commission off the grand total including the shipping & sales tax. From another perspective, ebay managed payment collects the taxes & pays the individual states on our behalf. Imagine all sellers having to pay the individual states for sales tax collected on a transaction. The commission is well worth it!

Just accept it, adjust your business model if necessary, & move on! There are lots of threads about this topic here in the community. Study the responses & you will see that most will have similar responses.

Hang in there!