Canadian Gov Wants it's ebay tax

[Ken]

The Canadian Government announced it's going after ebay power sellers.

CANOE Money - News: Watch out eBay entrepreneurs: online sales taxable

[RyanPiccolo]

What if you reside in Canada and only drop ship in the US?

[Devan Koshal]

Thats ridiculous. Is that on top of normal income tax for a business in canada?

"Hey your successful. Give us more of your money."

At least canada does have the successful tax thats coming to the UK. 50% of you income is going to be taxed if you earn over £150,000 a year.

[Ken]

Ryan, in Canada you are required to claim all income no matter where it was earned.

[Istvan Horvath]

I don't think they are talking about tax "on top of the normal income tax".
Most likely it IS the income tax they didn't pay and the CRA is after. Many people think that whatever they earned online that is not taxable income. Well, it is.

The tax man can now use personal information to determine if the sellers have duly reported their online income.

[RyanPiccolo]

Ah...I misunderstood. All monies I make online I do claim as income already.

[worlok]

That stinks, and what worries me is that if Canada gets away with it, the Obamanuts will try it next... not that they haven't already thought about it they probably have. I know the states have i.e. trying to tax Amazon sales. We're all under some sort of assault.

What's weird is that isn't Canada now being run by the Conservatives? ??

[Kay King]

Sounds like the govt is just enforcing the laws. Same in the US though every year at tax time there are marketers who seem shocked that online income is taxed. They seem to think if they have income that isn't from a "job", it doesn't count.

I had a marketer tell me once he didn't claim his online income because it's "like a cash business". He thought the money was "invisible" - which was funny as he takes his payments through paypal. Oops.

kay

[AaronJones]

Originally Posted by The Pension Guy

I don't think they are talking about tax "on top of the normal income tax".
Most likely it IS the income tax they didn't pay and the CRA is after. Many people think that whatever they earned online that is not taxable income. Well, it is.

This is all it appears to be to me also. They just want to make sure people are declaring the income they earn online.

[Istvan Horvath]

Originally Posted by worlok

That stinks, and what worries me is that if Canada gets away with it, the Obamanuts will try it next... not that they haven't already thought about it they probably have. I know the states have i.e. trying to tax Amazon sales. We're all under some sort of assault.

What's weird is that isn't Canada now being run by the Conservatives? ??

You are talking nonsense.
Educate yourself about the differences between personal/corporate income tax and sales taxes. Don't mix them.

And get rid of the paranoia. I am all for the Conservatives, I am a fiscal conservative and that means that every businessperson pays their fair share of taxes. Even if they don't have a clue how the taxes work. In normal countries they send you to jail for tax evasion... And as a Conservative I agree with that. Don't you, my son?

[jgalty]

Isn't this old news. I thought you had claim this already.

[worlok]

Originally Posted by The Pension Guy

You are talking nonsense.
Educate yourself about the differences between personal/corporate income tax and sales taxes. Don't mix them.

And get rid of the paranoia. I am all for the Conservatives, I am a fiscal conservative and that means that every businessperson pays their fair share of taxes. Even if they don't have a clue how the taxes work. In normal countries they send you to jail for tax evasion... And as a Conservative I agree with that. Don't you, my son?

Even though I was addressing the Canadian dude, I was more in shock with the unjust 50% tax talked about over in the UK. I am not against taxes, but I am against unjustly high tax rates, especially when they put some sort of an income level when it kicks in. That's just class warfare and really unfair. If all they do is penalize success, pretty soon there won't be much incentive to become successful.

[Trader54]

Taxes on ebay income have always been there, if you haven't paid watch out you can be charged with tax evasion. Doesn't matter where you income comes from.

[rlpruitt]

Yep... just law enforcement.

Evidently they've discovered that a good number of people are making a LOT of money on eBay and not reporting it.

Notice that they're only going after power sellers. They're less concerned about sales by the "average Joe" (or Jane).

Ralph

[CDarklock]

Originally Posted by worlok

That stinks, and what worries me is that if Canada gets away with it, the Obamanuts will try it next...

It's already the law.

If I sell something on Craigslist for $200, that $200 is income and I need to report it on my taxes. If I don't, I run the risk of owing taxes and penalties if there's an audit.

I know the states have i.e. trying to tax Amazon sales. We're all under some sort of assault.

Again, also the law. Sales and use tax. There's a discrepancy here, though: when someone buys something at a physical store, you know which state collects the tax. When they buy something online, you often don't. I currently live in Tigard, Oregon. My business address is in Puyallup, Washington. My business phone number is in New Orleans, Louisiana. My web server is in San Antonio, Texas. And my customer is probably in a fifth location, which may not even be in the United States at all.

Currently, the consensus seems to be that it matters where the selling affiliate lives, and state sales and use tax is due there. So North Carolina puts a law in the legislature to clarify this, and Amazon dumps all their NC affiliates because it's a pain in the arse and the potential penalties are no joke.

There is going to be a massive legislative war over this issue, and the fallout will probably slaughter affiliate programs for several states in the next couple years. There are five notable locations of immunity... the states which do not have sales and use tax at all:

• Alaska
• Delaware
• Montana
• New Hampshire
• Oregon

Oh, and greetings from Oregon, as of this past Wednesday.

[thezone]

Originally Posted by The Pension Guy

You are talking nonsense.
Educate yourself about the differences between personal/corporate income tax and sales taxes. Don't mix them.

.... In normal countries they send you to jail for tax evasion... And as a Conservative I agree with that. Don't you, my son?

Listen...there are children reading these boards, I mean what if your child was reading this board and came across the word **x.

Now my daughter won't stop crying...."no, no Virgina...daddy won't pay **xes...so these political puke bags can mismanage my money, and fund stupidity."

Did you not learn anything from all the scandals? Hell, your own E-health scandal ($300-$600/hour to plan christmas parties, and to prepare bills, charging for their coffees, snack bars, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc)?

Then you have various "sects" (like your TPA), giving out $10.2 Million dollar (in an untendered contract), to their buddies at Precise parklink to fund a $1.75 Million dollar job (and fatten the wallets of who?). And for every politically corrupt rat bag that is outed...there are 10,000 more that you don't know about.

When everyone pays **xes, everyone suffers....there is no accountability....hell if it wasn't for this recession, nothing would have come out of the closet...there is an old saying (which I just made up this morning)....when prosperity flows....nobody knows...cuz nobody gives a sheet...it's when the party is over that people start assessing the damage (but by that point it's too late).

Those who are considerate enough to evade **xes, are the backbones of this planet (helping everyone out), after all, it all goes back into the economy....sure it doesn't pay for the overinflated salaries and benefits of local government (cry me an effin river) fat cats, who look at our money like their own personal piggy banks.....Bernie Madoff, the banks (and all the rest) were outed because of the condition of this economy.

I can't even begin to imagine you how many lives may have been saved by those not paying **xes. You ever heard of the butterfly effect...a person who avoided paying taxes (caused a ripple effect like you can't even imagine). ie. By not paying **xes they had the money to purchase a TV, because of that sale, a father that was able to keep his job....what you don't know is that same father after losing his job was going to commit a crime, while that father was fleeing the scene of that crime (he was engaged by the police in a high speed pursuit) he hit a car, and killed one of the occupants...the occupant of that car (John Connor) was going to grow up to be a great leader, that leader was going to prevent world war III...but thanks to your ideology everyone is dead....think about that....you are willing to destroy this whole planet and everyone on it just for some money? Have you no morals?

I love this planet, and when it comes to money, I recycle....if I have to evade **xes...to do my part....you better believe I will...because I'll be damned if I am going to be the cause of the destruction of this planet.

The Zone
Purveyor of truth
Savior of the Human Race

[worlok]

Originally Posted by CDarklock

It's already the law.

If I sell something on Craigslist for $200, that $200 is income and I need to report it on my taxes. If I don't, I run the risk of owing taxes and penalties if there's an audit.

---snip----

Currently, the consensus seems to be that it matters where the selling affiliate lives, and state sales and use tax is due there. So North Carolina puts a law in the legislature to clarify this, and Amazon dumps all their NC affiliates because it's a pain in the arse and the potential penalties are no joke.

There is going to be a massive legislative war over this issue, and the fallout will probably slaughter affiliate programs for several states in the next couple years. There are five notable locations of immunity... the states which do not have sales and use tax at all:

• Alaska
• Delaware
• Montana
• New Hampshire
• Oregon

Oh, and greetings from Oregon, as of this past Wednesday.

I wonder if i can incorporate in Delaware. All the large corporations do it.... Ironically, Delaware is where Joe Biden is from..

The other question is what about e-product sales where there is not a physical product? This stuff ought to just come under income tax. At the end of the day it's like double taxation.

[CDarklock]

Originally Posted by thezone

You ever heard of the butterfly effect...a person who avoided paying taxes (caused a ripple effect like you can't even imagine). ie. By not paying **xes

...he prevented one family from collecting welfare, and without the welfare the father in that family turned to selling drugs, and he sold some weed to a guy who worked at Taco Bell, and then a customer came in and ordered a seven-layer burrito, but the guy who smoked the weed gave him a spicy chicken burrito instead, so when the customer took a bite in the middle of traffic he went "WTF" and wrecked his car into a bus full of school children which overturned onto a car where a pregnant woman was on the way to the hospital, and she gave birth underneath a bus full of maimed children, and both she and the infant died, and on top of that she hemorrhaged all over her husband's BMW, which was leased, don't you understand that? Like he could afford to buy a BMW.

And it's all your damn fault. You didn't pay your taxes, and now that guy has to pay all kinds of penalties on his lease. You jerk.

[cypherslock]

Should I? Shouldn't I? Well, here goes: I believe that the money I work for is MINE. I believe that yes we all should chip in something. But I don't believe that once you're successful, you should be penalized (IE pay MORE taxes on top of all the other ones you already pay) for wanting a better life. I will gladly give a hand up, through training, content creation or just a friendly ear. I WILL NOT simply give hand outs. And I do not agree that as my income increases from my own efforts, that I should be forced to give up more of it. The best way is to get a killer CGA and tax lawyer to minimize your taxes legally.

I know that there are some (in my own family even) that would say that once you're rich you should be required to pay more to help those less fortunate. Nope. Anyone can get out of present circumstances if they truly are willing to seek a new path.

[High Impact]

Originally Posted by worlok

Even though I was addressing the Canadian dude, I was more in shock with the unjust 50% tax talked about over in the UK. I am not against taxes, but I am against unjustly high tax rates, especially when they put some sort of an income level when it kicks in. That's just class warfare and really unfair. If all they do is penalize success, pretty soon there won't be much incentive to become successful.

I live in the Uk and I can say that personally I would welcome this, we have a big class devide in this country and the current tax system leans heavily on the poorer side of the divide. This would go a long way to redressing the balance.

[Mukul Verma]

If you are paying your income tax and sales tax (if CRA reading this, I do ) the you got nothing to worry about. Plus anything online easily tracked, so I dont understand why you would not. They get a warrant to see your paypal account, it will reveal everything!!!!

[seriousmny]

Originally Posted by CDarklock

It's already the law.

If I sell something on Craigslist for $200, that $200 is income and I need to report it on my taxes. If I don't, I run the risk of owing taxes and penalties if there's an audit.



Again, also the law. Sales and use tax. There's a discrepancy here, though: when someone buys something at a physical store, you know which state collects the tax. When they buy something online, you often don't. I currently live in Tigard, Oregon. My business address is in Puyallup, Washington. My business phone number is in New Orleans, Louisiana. My web server is in San Antonio, Texas. And my customer is probably in a fifth location, which may not even be in the United States at all.

Currently, the consensus seems to be that it matters where the selling affiliate lives, and state sales and use tax is due there. So North Carolina puts a law in the legislature to clarify this, and Amazon dumps all their NC affiliates because it's a pain in the arse and the potential penalties are no joke.

There is going to be a massive legislative war over this issue, and the fallout will probably slaughter affiliate programs for several states in the next couple years. There are five notable locations of immunity... the states which do not have sales and use tax at all:

• Alaska
• Delaware
• Montana
• New Hampshire
• Oregon

Oh, and greetings from Oregon, as of this past Wednesday.

Hey, I live in Puyallup, WA. Small world. Looks like you have migrated to Oregon. Was that choice based on sales tax issues or just a personal decision?

[nturgeon]

For all the Canadians, come income tax time, do you list yourself as being "self employed" and then complete a separate form for your "regular job" or do you pay taxes similar to how a waitress or hairdresser would pay taxes on their tips, where the tips (or in our case, the online income) is simply added in a separate box on the income tax form?

I hope I've made myself clear :-)

[Mukul Verma]

Sole P, but now switching to corporate

I think it depends on if you are full time, part time and how much revenue you bring in.

[Istvan Horvath]

No, it doesn't depend on anything: business income is business income - and not tip.
Even as a part-time business owner (sole P, as stated above) you need to fill out the T2125 form. The "end result" from there should be included in your T1.

[Mukul Verma]

Here a Tip, leave it to the bean counters (Accountant) and focus on making your money problem that you make too much

[worlok]

Originally Posted by High Impact

I live in the Uk and I can say that personally I would welcome this, we have a big class devide in this country and the current tax system leans heavily on the poorer side of the divide. This would go a long way to redressing the balance.

I have communicated with more than my share of Brits who DO NOT share your view on this. They are sick and tired, and fed up, with being fleeced by an increasingly arrogant Labour government, and all of the handouts to lazy people and immigrants who go to the UK for the sole purpose of signing up for the public dole.

[Clark]

Ottawa, Ontario, July 30, 2009... The Honourable Jean‑Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food), advises Canadians that the income they earn online is taxable.

As a result of a Federal Court of Canada decision, eBay Canada has provided the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) with the names of eBay sellers as well as their contact information and sales records.

News release - "eBay sellers must declare all income for tax purposes," states Minister Blackburn

[url]www.cra-arc.gc.ca/nwsrm/rlss/2009/m07/nr090730-eng.html

I decided not to close the hyperlink tag to the CRA page 'cause I don't need 'em knowing about the WF so you'll need to paste the link in to read the actual CRA news release

If eBay Canada is freely forking over names and sales records of Canadians then you can be sure that they're poking their nose into high transfer funds activity of Canadian Paypal users as well... not just eBay sellers.

Fortunatly, Canada has built in a provision for you to use the Voluntary Disclosures Program once you get nabbed so you don't have to go to major pounding in the arse prision for tax evasion.

Conditions for a disclosure

A valid disclosure must meet four conditions. These conditions require that the disclosure be voluntary, complete, involve the application or potential application of a penalty, and generally include information that is more than one year overdue. If the CRA accepts the disclosure, the taxpayer will have to pay the taxes or charges owing, plus interest. However, the taxpayer will not be subject to penalty or prosecution for those amounts accepted as a valid disclosure.

[thezone]

Originally Posted by CDarklock

...he prevented one family from collecting welfare, and without the welfare the father in that family turned to selling drugs, and he sold some weed to a guy who worked at Taco Bell, and then a customer came in and ordered a seven-layer burrito, but the guy who smoked the weed gave him a spicy chicken burrito instead, so when the customer took a bite in the middle of traffic he went "WTF" and wrecked his car into a bus full of school children which overturned onto a car where a pregnant woman was on the way to the hospital, and she gave birth underneath a bus full of maimed children, and both she and the infant died, and on top of that she hemorrhaged all over her husband's BMW, which was leased, don't you understand that? Like he could afford to buy a BMW.

And it's all your damn fault. You didn't pay your taxes, and now that guy has to pay all kinds of penalties on his lease. You jerk.

Oh come on....like show me one person who works at Taco bell that doesn't go to work high!....that story is pure fab!! However, it did pull at my heart strings, and I did shed a tear for the ruined BMW....let's all bow our heads in a moment of silence, and prey.......

Our father, who believeth in technology
BMW by thy car
The BWM does run
thy duth have fun
on earth, and it feels like heaven.
Give us this day our daily drive,
and forgive us for speeding.
As we forgive those who sell weed to the taco bell guy that causes spicy chicken destruction.
For BMW is the kingdom, with power and glory,
forever and ever...

Awman!

[thezone]

Originally Posted by CDarklock

It's already the law.

If I sell something on Craigslist for $200, that $200 is income and I need to report it on my taxes. If I don't, I run the risk of owing taxes and penalties if there's an audit.

I wood hazard (termites) to guess that if you sell an item (for $200) that cost you more then $200, there is no net prophet (other then me..did I mention I make 13 digits a month), thus no income. Unless of course it is a corporate asset that just happened to be already fully depreciated, then my guess is that you didn't sell it, but disposed of it.

The Zone
Net Prophet
Financial Advisor
Taxi Vader (Darth is my daddy)

[Sean Roberts]

Originally Posted by cypherslock

I know that there are some (in my own family even) that would say that once you're rich you should be required to pay more to help those less fortunate. Nope. Anyone can get out of present circumstances if they truly are willing to seek a new path.

Amen to that!

[Nathan Segal]

That opens up a real can of worms. Yes, you have to declare your worldwide income in Canada. But going after Powersellers for taxes will be a nightmare, not only for the CRA, but the Powersellers, since they're going to have to separate their Canadian transactions from tranactions outside of Canada. And Canadian taxes aren't exportable, so good luck in taxing that.

[Lloyd Buchinski]

Originally Posted by thezone

on earth, and it feels like heaven.

Reminds me of one of my all time favorite quotes:

Maybe when you die you come before a big bearded man on a big throne and you say “Is this heaven?” And he says “Heaven? You just came from there.” Kirk Douglas

Originally Posted by thezone

Taxi Vader (Darth is my daddy)

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best wishes, lloyd
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