Social security number wanted.

[rc66gto]

I have been a Ebay member buyer/seller since 1999 untill recently my account was frozen because I refuse to give up my SSN. No one should have to give up there SSN.the reason is that you will be reported to the IRS so that you will have to pay more taxes because its earn income.most of us who rely on making a few dollars are tax those of us who are retire and living on fix social security income depend on flea markets and garage sales for extra cash it's going to get to a point if you stop to use a restroom you will be tax it's out of control . I will close my account with Ebay and sell where I'm not under pressure to keep them happy the more you sale on Ebay the better they look there employees get pay and there stocks go up.

[johnrj1226]

If you had a  PayPal account - yes you did give them your Social Security Number otherwise no PP account.

[johnrj1226]

Not true

[mam98031]

---

@cloeboinc wrote:

I already paid sales tax on the items I put on eBay….I don’t owe the government anything!

---

@cloeboinc 

You should know that sales tax is to your state.  IRS is Federal, simply not the same thing.

However, you may very well not have to claim your sales on your federal income taxes, but not because you paid your state taxes on the items but because there are some exceptions for certain situations.  Make sure you qualify or risk getting in trouble for tax evasion.  

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/five-things-to-remember-about-hobby-income-and-expenses

[meca7100]

Paypal is a legit financial institution. you send receive money . they provide secure sales environment . ebay only claim (ast least started out as with fixed listing or ad fee )  to provide a Platform or stage where sellers and buyers meet thats their claim.  however soon as they see money. they decided to put their hands into member pockets and wont let it go.

[mam98031]

---

@meca7100 wrote:

Paypal is a legit financial institution. you send receive money . they provide secure sales environment . ebay only claim (ast least started out as with fixed listing or ad fee )  to provide a Platform or stage where sellers and buyers meet thats their claim.  however soon as they see money. they decided to put their hands into member pockets and wont let it go.

---

PayPal is NOT a bank nor have they ever been a bank.  They are a money processor.

[bigandy!]

---

@abcan_87 wrote:

---

@rc66gto wrote:

I have been a Ebay member buyer/seller since 1999 untill recently my account was frozen because I refuse to give up my SSN. No one should have to give up there SSN.the reason is that you will be reported to the IRS so that you will have to pay more taxes because its earn income.most of us who rely on making a few dollars are tax those of us who are retire and living on fix social security income depend on flea markets and garage sales for extra cash

---

@abcan_87 wrote:

---

@rc66gto wrote:

I have been a Ebay member buyer/seller since 1999 untill recently my account was frozen because I refuse to give up my SSN. No one should have to give up there SSN.the reason is that you will be reported to the IRS so that you will have to pay more taxes because its earn income.most of us who rely on making a few dollars are tax those of us who are retire and living on fix social security income depend on flea markets and garage sales for extra cash it's going to get to a point if you stop to use a restroom you will be tax it's out of control . I will close my account with Ebay and sell where I'm not under pressure to keep them happy the more you sale on Ebay the better they look there employees get pay and there stocks go up.

---

Bro, publicly admitting you're a tax evader it's probably not the smartest thing to do...

---

I will close my account with Ebay and sell where I'm not under pressure to keep them happy the more you sale on Ebay the better they look there employees get pay and there stocks go up.

---

Bro, publicly admitting you're a tax evader it's probably not the smartest thing to do...

---

When that does happen, (being charged to use the "can") I hope you enjoy having to pay to use it.... better learn how to "hold it in"......    HA HA HA!!!!

[postingid7659]

LMAO let's be real here.   Nobody pays taxes because they want to, because they want the government to keep wasting money on things like studies of the mating habits of Mongolian goldfish.  They pay them under duress, as the IRS will come in and make up a number and take from you what it wants if you don't.  It's just legalized theft and the people who support that are the real minority.  

[postingid7659]

This unfair advantage stuff is also nonsense.  Nobody who sells on eBay sells for less because they don't plan to pay the taxes.  Nobody who sells things is in the habit of taking any less than the most the market will bear for an item.  Nobody who buys on eBay picks based on who pays taxes or not.  They have no way to know.  They just pick the cheapest price.  

[bigandy!]

---

@streggiari wrote:

Everyone here seems to be missing the point. It's not that it's eBay's fault, nor that people shouldn't pay taxes. It is that the government should not be taxing you on these sales unless you're a business anyway. The tax basis for this is making a profit. Most occasional sellers on eBay sell things at a significant loss. But if you now have to start reporting the sales as income, you have to have some record to show your profit basis (original receipts). For a business, this would be expected and one probably wouldn't be selling an old baseball glove your father gave you and you have no receipt. Most of you are probably too young to remember selling things in the classified section of the newspaper, but no one taxed those sales. In fact, the eBay is a victim here. The government is wasting taxpayer money by funding employees and programs to track  and audit on something that should never be taxed in the first place. The $12K limit is **bleep** If you sell $12K worth of stuff at a loss, it's still a loss and not taxable. What law says that at $12K you're now a business and should have to prove your original cost basis with a receipt?  

---

Feeling sorry for ebay?? Are you freakin serious??  There should be a way for people like you to give them more money than is required..  would that make you less "sorry" for them?? So a "once in a month" seller has to pay taxes on a $10 garage item???, Some little girl has to pay taxes on a sold $3 rubber ducky?? " NO RESISTO " as Julius Cæsar said so long ago.. Is that how you are going to cave to this?? Come at me chump.. I'm waiting....

[bigandy!]

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

Finally, somebody that is using their head and thinking for themselves!!

ONCE AGAIN,,,, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

[bigandy!]

Oh, so you enjoy tyranny do you?  Just wait until the REAL soviet style regime comes in... then you will wish you weren't so snarky on that last reply....

[bigandy!]

---

@pjsalerno wrote:

So let me get this straight. We already paid income tax on the funds we originally used to buy a new item. We also paid state and local sales tax on that item. Months or years later when we sell the same item for much less than we originally paid, those funds are taxed as income? "Posts by people who are trying to avoid paying their share aren't really all that popular." We have already paid our share, wake up.

---

DUDE, the billionaires, TRILLIONAIRES (whatever!!) need a gold ashtray for their Bentleys... and they want US to pay for it!!!!!!!!

[bigandy!]

EMBRACE THE TYRANNY THERE, LITTLE SHEEP!!!!

EMBRACE IT!!!

[bigandy!]

---

@usgrant18642008 wrote:

Based on how you typed out this post, taxes may not be your biggest problem.

---

So what will be the biggest problem?... explain Einstein!

[bigandy!]

---

@andshe_21 wrote:

I think the whole thing is a sham - rich people pay no taxes - middle class pay double on selling a used item which they have already paid taxes on. IRS cant collect taxes from big corporate America and china ? so lets milek already struggling old, poor and miserables? it is a misery distribution for all - welcome to the new America 

---

 jeff " bozos " and elon " Lone Scum " musk strut around and brag on how they made $13 Billion in one afternoon on some day during 2020.... and we get crucified for selling a $10 garage item or a $3 rubber ducky.... sad eh?

P.S.- The Founding Fathers warned us about this. It's called tax tyranny.