Sales Tax

[eegress]

If I'm not required to charge sales tax when I sell a "garage sale" item from my attic, how do I remove the sales tax state menu from the listing page?

[rixstuff]

While that may be true, many states have now started charging sales tax for ALL online sales to buyers in their state.  You dont need to do anything.  Ebay will collect it and pay it for you by adding it to the transaction.

But you are right.  I have NO INTENTION of collecting taxes for another state. My own state doesnt have the online sales tax and probably wont.

[rixstuff]

Oh and some states actually DO expect you to pay sales tax (maybe just to your town or county) on ANY sale - yard sale, flea market, church charity, etc.

[missjen831]

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@rixstuff wrote:

While that may be true, many states have now started charging sales tax for ALL online sales to buyers in their state.  You dont need to do anything.  Ebay will collect it and pay it for you by adding it to the transaction.

But you are right.  I have NO INTENTION of collecting taxes for another state. My own state doesnt have the online sales tax and probably wont.

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Not true. Ebay is not currently collecting sales tax......and "many states" have not started charging sales tax for all online sales. And those that have, the laws are not yet in effect and there are thresholds the average seller won't meet.

[rixstuff]

Some will begin as soon as 1 October, while others will start 1 January.

[tiramisu41]

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@eegress wrote:

If I'm not required to charge sales tax when I sell a "garage sale" item from my attic, how do I remove the sales tax state menu from the listing page?

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@eegress, read this thread and see if "the fix" suggested mught work for you: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Why-do-I-have-to-charge-sales-tax/m-p/28984645

[alaudermac]

In June 2018 the republicans got the supreme court to overturn a ruling ... basically now there are 3 states and counting that require you to collect tax when selling to a resident of their state and then you need to file it with each state.  eBay is apparently unwilling to assist the sellers by offering an "opt out" option per state that is requiring this.  Therefore, I will no longer be selling on eBay unless they change their business practices.

I can't personally or hire someone to know or follow all the various state taxes on any internet sale now.  eBay could make it easier and instead of offering to collect the tax and then send them the form (meaning = they're tracking what every seller does on this), just quit allowing sales to the states that participates in this ridiculous requirement.  But they won't, so not only will those states lose the business, so will other states because eBay is too.

[alaudermac]

You may want to read up on how eBay's going to be handling this. You may have no intention of, but eBay's forcing the issue with how they're handling it. And I guaran effing tee you they're tracking it.

[alaudermac]

Addendum: to date is only 3 states requiring it. The laws ARE in effect, because eBay is advising sellers to already be doing this. They're just not prepared to help sellers collect the tax until July of next year.

[myboardid]

alaudermac - please see my reply to your thread about this issue.  Unless your sales in each state are huge - much larger than I think they are - you don't have to do any such thing. 

[7606dennis]

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@alaudermac wrote:

In June 2018 the republicans got the supreme court to overturn a ruling ... basically now there are 3 states and counting that require you to collect tax when selling to a resident of their state and then you need to file it with each state.  eBay is apparently unwilling to assist the sellers by offering an "opt out" option per state that is requiring this.  Therefore, I will no longer be selling on eBay unless they change their business practices.

I can't personally or hire someone to know or follow all the various state taxes on any internet sale now.  eBay could make it easier and instead of offering to collect the tax and then send them the form (meaning = they're tracking what every seller does on this), just quit allowing sales to the states that participates in this ridiculous requirement.  But they won't, so not only will those states lose the business, so will other states because eBay is too.

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I'm not sure how you determined that republicans got the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling.  The way I understood it, they sent the issue back to down the line to the Appeals Court that had ruled on the case already.  They affirmed that states have the right levy taxes.

If I'm not mistaken, the Supreme Court when they ruled on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act during the previous administration's time didn't actually rule in favor the act, but rather affirmed congress' right to levy a tax and since the Affordable Care Act is actually a tax, Congress has the constitutional right to levy it.