Question for US sellers on eBay.com

[walkingupwards]

Do you include the sales tax in your item's price? For example:


I list an item on eBay.de for 20$, 19% sales tax is already included in that price and I just transfer that sales tax to the German government on monthly basis.


Is this the case on eBay.com for US-based sellers? Or does the sales tax get added to the check-out amount?


I am asking because I need to know how to price my items on eBay.com should I decide to sell there.

[phaz0rz]

Sales tax is automatically added by eBay during checkout without any action taken by the seller. The sales tax amount varies from state to state and it goes by where the buyer lives.

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Sales tax is automatically added by eBay during checkout without any action taken by the seller. The sales tax amount varies from state to state and it goes by where the buyer lives.

If I list my item for sale on eBay.com for 100$ and the buyer is in IN where sales tax is 7%, will the 7% be deducted from the 100$ price or will the buyer end up paying 107$?


I am not yet quite sure how the sales tax in the US works, it seems that you guys are used to seeing the pre-tax price of things?!

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by agent006140

buyers wont see the sales tax until they are ready to pay,sometimes they just back out of buying due to the high sales tax.
Ebay buyers did not have to pay sales tax for many years until now

I would be royally pissed off if the price went up by 7% upon checking out!


Is this also the case on Amazon.com, Walmart...etc?

[SaiJin]

Yes. All of them

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

If I list my item for sale on eBay.com for 100$ and the buyer is in IN where sales tax is 7%, will the 7% be deducted from the 100$ price or will the buyer end up paying 107$?


I am not yet quite sure how the sales tax in the US works, it seems that you guys are used to seeing the pre-tax price of things?!

Yes, we're used to seeing the pre-tax price. And yes, the others are right - the tax is just unexpectedly tacked on at the end. But the thing is, this is USA and the people here are used to having random taxes applied without notice during the last part of the transaction. It's nothing new and I've yet to have a buyer complain about it.

Sad situation, really..

[HolaAmigo]

Originally Posted by agent006140

States are in financial trouble,Cuomo is asking Trump for money,other states are missing sales tax revenue,and have more bills to pay,what a mess.

That's precisely why I think it's actually a plus that eBay is collecting sales tax.. It makes it a lot easier to file state sales tax returns if eBay is proactively collecting sales tax without asking for state tax account numbers, etc.

[walkingupwards]

I wish we had your sales tax system in Germany, it seems very convenient for sellers, but a bit bugging to buyers.

[SaiJin]

You guys have to set your own taxes when selling? It's not automatic?

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

You guys have to set your own taxes when selling? It's not automatic?

If I list an item for sale in Germany and ask for 100 Euros, the government then taxes that 100 Euro I took from the customer at 19%.

Customers only see one price in Germany where the standardized VAT tax is already included.

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by agent006140

when Does your government get the money

Sellers must transfer the VAT they collect on monthly, quarterly or yearly basis (depends on your revenue).