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Old 08-06-2019, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim F View Post
I am in Canada. Sometimes when I sell something the tax will automatically come up on the buyers invoice. It is happening more often recently. I change the invoice to zero tax. I don't know if I'm supposed to but I do not have any license to collect American tax. It would seem that if someone actually paid the invoice before I changed it, it would go into my Paypal account.
I would highly recommend you quit doing that. YOU ARE NOT collecting American tax and you will never see that money. eBay IS THE ONE collecting the tax that the buyer does owe.

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Originally Posted by MW1 View Post
Can an experienced accountant comment on this?
It has been explained several times on this forum. Post #8 pretty much covers it. Some people seem to have a huge problem paying a tax they really owe and probably have not been paying for years.
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