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| | | Author: | mmattt  | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 13:59 | | Subject: | Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| So new to this site, and I have several classic full sets I'm looking to
sell. What is the deal with Canadian sellers having to pay hst for the buyer
outside of Canada?
This make no sense to me. I'm not a retailer, I'm a guy just trying to
sell some lego. What's the deal?
Maybe there is a link somewhere someone can post for me please?
Seems pretty ridiculous to me.
Thanks in advance
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:04 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| | | Maybe there is a link somewhere someone can post for me please?
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Like what... a link to zillion Laws telling you that Taxes are legit???
They do exist since forever I guess, and for sure since far before you arrived
on Earth 
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Taxes are a subscription you pay to be allowed to live.
A kind of a Life Netflix.
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Maybe there is a link somewhere someone can post for me please?
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Like what... a link to zillion Laws telling you that Taxes are legit???
They do exist since forever I guess, and for sure since far before you arrived
on Earth
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Taxes are a subscription you pay to be allowed to live.
A kind of a Life Netflix.
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I think something is wrong in what Michael_m is saying.
HST should work like VAT, so:
— if a Canadian seller is registered in Canada, they would remove the taxes when
they export (to non-Canadian buyers),
— if a Canadian seller is not registered in Canada, then they never collect taxes.
The difference is that BrickLink provides a mechanism for sellers in (some) VAT
countries (EU, UK, Norway?, others?) but not for Canada, so everything is manual.
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| | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:13 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:15 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:19 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
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I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:23 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
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I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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Dammnit now I can't find it. Lol ill post when I do.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
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I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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Dammnit now I can't find it. Lol ill post when I do.
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Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
Much less so for selling to non canadiens. Any taxes for International stuff
like that is the Byers responsibility not the sellers so you should be good.
Also I can’t say I’ve ever heard of having to charge say Canada tax for a (for
example) New Zealand buyer (that was a difficult word to spell  )
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| | | Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
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Much more; as a Buyer only, he can't sell on BrickLink - so the Tax for selling
problem is pretty moot IMO
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
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Much more; as a Buyer only, he can't sell on BrickLink - so the Tax for selling
problem is preytty moot IMO
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I have bought a few things so just need to receive them and hope some one will
give my sorry ass a positive review
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:39 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
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Much more; as a Buyer only, he can't sell on BrickLink - so the Tax for selling
problem is preytty moot IMO
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I have bought a few things so just need to receive them and hope some one will
give my sorry ass a positive review
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Not at the right place, because you'd already received a positive feedback
from us
Seriously, to become a seller you'll have to give some proofs (I don't
know which, maybe an ID copy), and wait a delay that can be pretty long (weeks?).
Again, not sure how fast it works right now, but it's what it was recently.
So, don't be hurry
Welcome aboard anyway!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:54 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
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Much more; as a Buyer only, he can't sell on BrickLink - so the Tax for selling
problem is preytty moot IMO
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I have bought a few things so just need to receive them and hope some one will
give my sorry ass a positive review
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Not at the right place, because you'd already received a positive feedback
from us
Seriously, to become a seller you'll have to give some proofs (I don't
know which, maybe an ID copy), and wait a delay that can be pretty long (weeks?).
Again, not sure how fast it works right now, but it's what it was recently.
So, don't be hurry
Welcome aboard anyway!
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Alrighty. Thanks for the info. 👍
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:07 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
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Much more; as a Buyer only, he can't sell on BrickLink - so the Tax for selling
problem is preytty moot IMO
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I have bought a few things so just need to receive them and hope some one will
give my sorry ass a positive review
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Not at the right place, because you'd already received a positive feedback
from us
Seriously, to become a seller you'll have to give some proofs (I don't
know which, maybe an ID copy), and wait a delay that can be pretty long (weeks?).
Again, not sure how fast it works right now, but it's what it was recently.
So, don't be hurry
Welcome aboard anyway!
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didn't they speed the process up?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 02:31 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | didn't they speed the process up?
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Yes, you can now get positive feedback by asking in the forum
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 02:39 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | didn't they speed the process up?
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Yes, you can now get positive feedback by asking in the forum
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Nah that was patched with the latest update at the same time they patched the
goblet exploit
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:32 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
|
So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
|
I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
|
Dammnit now I can't find it. Lol ill post when I do.
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Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
Much less so for selling to non canadiens. Any taxes for International stuff
like that is the Byers responsibility not the sellers so you should be good.
Also I can’t say I’ve ever heard of having to charge say Canada tax for a (for
example) New Zealand buyer (that was a difficult word to spell )
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Right carry on per normal. Hence why I thought what I read was crazy. Maybe a
I had a few to many last night and made it up.very possible too. Lol
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:31 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
|
I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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Dammnit now I can't find it. Lol ill post when I do.
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Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
Much less so for selling to non canadiens. Any taxes for International stuff
like that is the Byers responsibility not the sellers so you should be good.
Also I can’t say I’ve ever heard of having to charge say Canada tax for a (for
example) New Zealand buyer (that was a difficult word to spell )
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Right carry on per normal. Hence why I thought what I read was crazy. Maybe a
I had a few to many last night and made it up.very possible too. Lol
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and a plus (not sure if I'm just lucky or its a Canadian thing) the
CRA is pretty friendly. I've had to call them multiple times and I would
vote them the best and friendliest tax people on the planet
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:44 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
|
I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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Dammnit now I can't find it. Lol ill post when I do.
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Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
Much less so for selling to non canadiens. Any taxes for International stuff
like that is the Byers responsibility not the sellers so you should be good.
Also I can’t say I’ve ever heard of having to charge say Canada tax for a (for
example) New Zealand buyer (that was a difficult word to spell )
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Right carry on per normal. Hence why I thought what I read was crazy. Maybe a
I had a few to many last night and made it up.very possible too. Lol
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and a plus (not sure if I'm just lucky or its a Canadian thing) the
CRA is pretty friendly. I've had to call them multiple times and I would
vote them the best and friendliest tax people on the planet
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Bahaha. I can feel the sarcasm thru my phone screen. To funny.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 16:19 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | Lol ya that's fine and dandy. I'm not a store selling the to public,
I'm a private citizen selling to another private citizen. Not a store or
registered business. Even if i was a registered business un canada im pretty
sure i do not have to collect hst if revenues are Under 30k. Dont quote me on
the amount. That may be different.
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So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
|
I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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Dammnit now I can't find it. Lol ill post when I do.
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Pretty sure you don’t have to worry about tax at all if your just a small store.
Much less so for selling to non canadiens. Any taxes for International stuff
like that is the Byers responsibility not the sellers so you should be good.
Also I can’t say I’ve ever heard of having to charge say Canada tax for a (for
example) New Zealand buyer (that was a difficult word to spell )
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Right carry on per normal. Hence why I thought what I read was crazy. Maybe a
I had a few to many last night and made it up.very possible too. Lol
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and a plus (not sure if I'm just lucky or its a Canadian thing) the
CRA is pretty friendly. I've had to call them multiple times and I would
vote them the best and friendliest tax people on the planet
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Bahaha. I can feel the sarcasm thru my phone screen. To funny.
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the funny thing is I'm not even joking every encounter I've
had has been amazing (excluding the multiple audits ) and they are always able
to answer questions and get things setup and ready
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
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I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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What just started (and what started a few threads here) is BrickLink adding taxes
to the fee.
It’s not the seller paying taxes for the buyer, it’s the seller being a customer
of BrickLink. You buy a service from BL (the use of the marketplace to sell
to buyers worldwide), you pay the service (“fees”), and you pay taxes on the
service.
The threads are about BL not having the right to do it because it wouldn’t be
registered in Canada and about BL doing it without giving their tax number (hence
the “BL is not registered”).
But BL does a similar thing in EU & UK… except BL is correctly registered to
do so there and, AFAIK, (eventually managed to) deliver proper invoices.
Also, what should have started is BrickLink collecting Canadian taxes from buyers
(not sellers) because of “marketplace laws” (see these help pages for the countries
whose marketplace laws are already implemented on BrickLink:
US: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2467
UK: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2514
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2511
EU: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518 ).
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
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I thought I read about a new process for canadian sellers having to cover the
hst tax for buyers outside of Canada for income taxes purposes. Implemented in
Nov 2022. I have to try and fi d the link
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What just started (and what started a few threads here) is BrickLink adding taxes
to the fee.
It’s not the seller paying taxes for the buyer, it’s the seller being a customer
of BrickLink. You buy a service from BL (the use of the marketplace to sell
to buyers worldwide), you pay the service (“fees”), and you pay taxes on the
service.
The threads are about BL not having the right to do it because it wouldn’t be
registered in Canada and about BL doing it without giving their tax number (hence
the “BL is not registered”).
But BL does a similar thing in EU & UK… except BL is correctly registered to
do so there and, AFAIK, (eventually managed to) deliver proper invoices.
Also, what should have started is BrickLink collecting Canadian taxes from buyers
(not sellers) because of “marketplace laws” (see these help pages for the countries
whose marketplace laws are already implemented on BrickLink:
US: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2467
UK: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2514
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2511
EU: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518 ).
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As Sylvain has just mentioned, buyers are not taxed yet (but will be eventually.
Legislation in Canada required it I think to be enforced as of July 1, 2022 so
they're a bit behind). Nov 2022 is simply tax on the sellers fees that sellers
pay. Right now (even for the latest March bill), BrickLink isn't compliant
with Canadian laws as they do not have their required GST/HST # on invoices (or
what EU would call a VAT #). BrickLink's only response to me is that they
don't know their number somehow and are waiting to receive it (?) And that's
also assuming they really are part of the old tax regime, and not the one that
the thread is referring to, as that's a whole other can of worms.
Michael - if I'm understanding you correctly, are you purchasing from outside
of Canada? If so, please be aware that you're likely still going to need
to pay CBSA import for the taxes anyways. If you're buying from within Canada,
many stores do also collect and remit taxes as required. Smaller stores under
the $30K threshold you identified may not have to.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:09 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| | | Michael - if I'm understanding you correctly, are you purchasing from outside
of Canada? If so, please be aware that you're likely still going to need
to pay CBSA import for the taxes anyways. If you're buying from within Canada,
many stores do also collect and remit taxes as required. Smaller stores under
the $30K threshold you identified may not have to.
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Actually re-reading your original post (I was comment more about the follow ups
you had posted as it sounded like you were buying on the site but outside of
Canada).
Sellers in Canada do not pay for HST for buyers outside of Canada... or perhaps
I misunderstood what you mean. When marketplace tax does roll-out, it's not
sellers responsible for this tax in any way. BrickLink will automatically tax
all Canadian buyers on purchases they make on the platform, and not just from
Canadian sellers. So if you're in Ontario and you purchase from the US or
EU, you'll still pay tax, but in theory you wouldn't pay taxes again
on import.
This process already exists for other countries like EU/US. So when a buyer from
the US buys from my store, the invoice automatically adds a US sales tax for
their state. When the payment comes in from PayPal or Stripe, it automatically
strips out the tax part to send to BL for remittance. As a seller, there is nothing
you do.
The only tax a seller has to pay is on their seller fees (as mentioned in the
above thread and by other folks).
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:41 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Emporiosa writes:
| | | | Michael - if I'm understanding you correctly, are you purchasing from outside
of Canada? If so, please be aware that you're likely still going to need
to pay CBSA import for the taxes anyways. If you're buying from within Canada,
many stores do also collect and remit taxes as required. Smaller stores under
the $30K threshold you identified may not have to.
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Actually re-reading your original post (I was comment more about the follow ups
you had posted as it sounded like you were buying on the site but outside of
Canada).
Sellers in Canada do not pay for HST for buyers outside of Canada... or perhaps
I misunderstood what you mean. When marketplace tax does roll-out, it's not
sellers responsible for this tax in any way. BrickLink will automatically tax
all Canadian buyers on purchases they make on the platform, and not just from
Canadian sellers. So if you're in Ontario and you purchase from the US or
EU, you'll still pay tax, but in theory you wouldn't pay taxes again
on import.
This process already exists for other countries like EU/US. So when a buyer from
the US buys from my store, the invoice automatically adds a US sales tax for
their state. When the payment comes in from PayPal or Stripe, it automatically
strips out the tax part to send to BL for remittance. As a seller, there is nothing
you do.
The only tax a seller has to pay is on their seller fees (as mentioned in the
above thread and by other folks).
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Ah ok cool. This is the info I'm looking for. Duty and import fees I'm
aware of when purchasing. It was the bricklink fee component for canada I must
have misunderstood.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:23 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| | | So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
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* he's a BrickOwl team member in disguise, here to spread FUD,
* or he's a Cartel patron evaluating BrickLink ability to sell tons of Technic
Pins 2780 Black to whiten dirty money,
* or... he's just confused.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
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* he's a BrickOwl team member in disguise, here to spread FUD,
* or he's a Cartel patron evaluating BrickLink ability to sell tons of Technic
Pins 2780 Black to whiten dirty money,
* or... he's just confused.
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Lol I think I'm going with option 1 lol
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 14:29 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | So, where did you see that BrickLink would make you collect taxes if you don’t
have to?
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* he's a BrickOwl team member in disguise, here to spread FUD,
* or he's a Cartel patron evaluating BrickLink ability to sell tons of Technic
Pins 2780 Black to whiten dirty money,
* or... he's just confused.
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Lol I think I'm going with option 1 lol
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Oooof that was close. Happy you picked this option
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:00 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | So new to this site, and I have several classic full sets I'm looking to
sell. What is the deal with Canadian sellers having to pay hst for the buyer
outside of Canada?
This make no sense to me. I'm not a retailer, I'm a guy just trying to
sell some lego. What's the deal?
Maybe there is a link somewhere someone can post for me please?
Seems pretty ridiculous to me.
Thanks in advance
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Canadian sellers don't have to pay taxes
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| | | | | | | Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:04 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | So new to this site, and I have several classic full sets I'm looking to
sell. What is the deal with Canadian sellers having to pay hst for the buyer
outside of Canada?
This make no sense to me. I'm not a retailer, I'm a guy just trying to
sell some lego. What's the deal?
Maybe there is a link somewhere someone can post for me please?
Seems pretty ridiculous to me.
Thanks in advance
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Canadian sellers don't have to pay taxes
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Yes they do on their seller fees. As of Nov 2022.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2555
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | mmattt | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:51 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Emporiosa writes:
| | In Taxes, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | So new to this site, and I have several classic full sets I'm looking to
sell. What is the deal with Canadian sellers having to pay hst for the buyer
outside of Canada?
This make no sense to me. I'm not a retailer, I'm a guy just trying to
sell some lego. What's the deal?
Maybe there is a link somewhere someone can post for me please?
Seems pretty ridiculous to me.
Thanks in advance
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Canadian sellers don't have to pay taxes
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Yes they do on their seller fees. As of Nov 2022.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2555
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Ah yes see this is what I was talking about.
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| | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:19 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
I found these explanations of our tax system. Probably the same in Canada.
"The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters
to win the next election.
Ambition in America is still rewarded . . . with high taxes.
It’s hard to believe America was founded to avoid high taxation.
Drive carefully. Uncle Sam needs every taxpayer he can get.
There is no child so bad that he/she can’t be used as an income tax deduction.
A fool and his money are soon parted. The rest of us wait until income tax time.
Everybody works for the government, either on the payroll or the taxroll.
The income tax forms have been simplified beyond all understanding.
Loafing is the only way to beat the income tax.
When making out your income-tax report, be sure you don’t overlook your most
expensive dependent – the government.
If you think you can keep everything to yourself, . . . the IRS doesn’t.
Patriotism will probably never develop to the point of parading in honor of the
“unknown taxpayer.”
A politician is a man who never met a tax he didn’t try to hike.
After all is said and done, the politicians say it and the taxpayers do it.
Regardless of who wins the election they have to raise taxes to pay for the damage.
The best things in life are free – plus tax, of course.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth – less 40 percent inheritance
tax.
A dime is a dollar with all the various taxes deducted.
Our beloved country has made remarkable progress. Now politicians have arranged
to spend taxes before they collect them.
A political promise today means another tax tomorrow.
We may need tax reform, but it seems we need a lot of spending reform too.
In Russia the people have only what the government gives them; in America the
people have only what the government does not take away from them in taxes."
I hope this helps.
John P
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:24 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | So new to this site, and I have several classic full sets I'm looking to
sell. What is the deal with Canadian sellers having to pay hst for the buyer
outside of Canada?
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The buyer pays the sales tax (USA) or VAT (EU). PayPal charges a small fee for
processing the sales tax/VAT payment (so, I assume, does Stripe) and that will
come out of your funds. But just the processing fee - the tax that the buyer
pays in will also come out.
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