Big News (possibly from Ebay)

[MnFish1]

Don't know if this affects sales here - but on Ebay - I just sold a non-reef related item. (for $15.50). I noted that the buyer was charged $2.40 in sales tax. When I checked with PayPal - it turns out I'm required to remit this to Texas (this is new as of November 2019) - and if you do a lot of selling on ebay could result in having to pay/fill out sales tax forms in multiple sites.. Has anyone heard of this previously?

 

[Scorpius]

Welcome to the new US online tax law.

 

[Ryan Turner]

ebay is suppose to be paying the taxes for the seller. they charge the buyer tax but the seller doesnt have to report it to the state, ebay takes care of it. (from what I have been told and i buy alot of ebay. and now pay alot of tax on ebay)

 

[Roosterjack]

Got to be sure they wring every last penny out of us to then squander on something stupid.

 

[dougers31]

All I know is I didn't just get charged tax on the(used) item but I also got charged tax on shipping as well which is a complete joke in my opinion. Whole thing is ridiculous when dealing with used merchandise that has already been taxed...pretty soon our state here in Minnesota will start charging sales tax at rummage sales as well

 

[vetteguy53081]

Added reason I will check Ebay . . . LAST

 

[Mical]

Don't know if this affects sales here - but on Ebay - I just sold a non-reef related item. (for $15.50). I noted that the buyer was charged $2.40 in sales tax. When I checked with PayPal - it turns out I'm required to remit this to Texas (this is new as of November 2019) - and if you do a lot of selling on ebay could result in having to pay/fill out sales tax forms in multiple sites.. Has anyone heard of this previously?

Adios Ebay! Wait until the masses who sell on Ebay are faced w/sending $$$ to different states...haha. Better yet, wait until states have to TRY and collect... that's even funnier. Hmmm someone didn't think this out before writing this new tax code.
We're all going to be tax evaders - going to be selling reef gear in back alleys...

 

[ZoWhat]

Havent ya'all figured out you are working for the State in which you live and die.

Once you get old enough for nursing homes in your State.....they start a "spend-down" at the rate of about $15,000 per month.

As long as you KEEP LIVING they'll take your entire lifes saving down to about $100k then stop.

My father had about $600k then got Parkinsons. State of Ohio took $500k away from my mom and left her with $100k and the value of your home. Everything else moneywise was taken from her by the State if Ohio...as my Dad wasted away at the nursing home for 2.5yrs.

So while you're working your butt off at work...just remember the State in which you live will probably get about 80% of your life saving if you end up in a nursing home.

Your State owns you. Like OWNS you....
Get back to work and make lots of money for your State




.

 

[cvrle1]

eBay has been doing this for WA for a year now (year and 2 months to be exact) It sure cut down my purchases from there in that time.

 

[Brian_68]

Havent ya'all figured out you are working for the State in which you live and die.

Once you get old enough for nursing homes in your State.....they start a "spend-down" at the rate of about $15,000 per month.

As long as you KEEP LIVING they'll take your entire lifes saving down to about $100k then stop.

My father had about $600k then got Parkinsons. State of Ohio took $500k away from my mom and left her with $100k and the value of your home. Everything else moneywise was taken from her by the State if Ohio...as my Dad wasted away at the nursing home for 2.5yrs.

So while you're working your butt off at work...just remember the State in which you live will probably get about 80% of your life saving if you end up in a nursing home.

Your State owns you. Like OWNS you....
Get back to work and make lots of money for your State




.

A good lawyer can help avoid that, and no I am not a lawyer. Planning ahead is key.

 

[MnFish1]

ebay is suppose to be paying the taxes for the seller. they charge the buyer tax but the seller doesnt have to report it to the state, ebay takes care of it. (from what I have been told and i buy alot of ebay. and now pay alot of tax on ebay)

they are supposed to - (thats what the state of TX told me - but Ebay and PayPal are separate companies - I have a call into ebay

 

[MnFish1]

Adios Ebay! Wait until the masses who sell on Ebay are faced w/sending $$$ to different states...haha. Better yet, wait until states have to TRY and collect... that's even funnier. Hmmm someone didn't think this out before writing this new tax code.
We're all going to be tax evaders - going to be selling reef gear in back alleys...

right - thats what I mean - I sell maybe 3 things on ebay a year - if I have to get a sales tax form from each state - and fill it out - forget it - I'm not going to sell

 

[MnFish1]

eBay has been doing this for WA for a year now (year and 2 months to be exact) It sure cut down my purchases from there in that time.

the difference is that they are asking me (the seller) to collect the sales tax - and then fill out a sales tax for for Texas. to me that is different than ebay collecting the tax and sending it to tX. Btw - when I called the Texas number - staying on hold for 30 minutes - the woman said - ebay pays the tax - then she went and talked to a supervisor - and said - no you need to fill out form 01-165

 

[flyline]

Gotta love Uncle Sam

 

[MnFish1]

Gotta love Uncle Sam

this is state taxes - started by South Dakota

 

[MnFish1]

the difference is that they are asking me (the seller) to collect the sales tax - and then fill out a sales tax for for Texas. to me that is different than ebay collecting the tax and sending it to tX. Btw - when I called the Texas number - staying on hold for 30 minutes - the woman said - ebay pays the tax - then she went and talked to a supervisor - and said - no you need to fill out form 01-165

Oh - and btw - I called ebay - they said - no we collect the tax - then they said oh wait maybe we dont. Maybe PayPal does. Still waiting for a call back

 

[TheHarold]

Hard to differentiate eBay and PayPal these days, especially when selling on it.

 

[MnFish1]

Hard to differentiate eBay and PayPal these days, especially when selling on it.

They are now totally separate companies.

 

[Mical]

Oh - and btw - I called ebay - they said - no we collect the tax - then they said oh wait maybe we dont. Maybe PayPal does. Still waiting for a call back

Hmmmm, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.. yep sounds like gov't to me.

 

[TheHarold]

They are now totally separate companies.

I am aware, my point was that they are still quite connected. I print a shipping label via PayPal, and the tracking number is automatically applied to the eBay order (and the item mark as shipped). Etc etc. It is quite convenient