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Originally Posted by AddieJoss
Lance, a seller currently pays the PayPal 2.9% fee on the sales tax as well to PayPal now.
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Correct. So on a sale that is $100 for the sale price plus shipping, to a state with 5.82% sales tax, the equation with Ebay FVF plus Paypal on the left and eBay Managed Payments on the right would be:
$100(0.10) + [($100 + $100(0.0582)]0.029+0.30 = [$100 + $100(0.0582)].1235+0.30
=$13.37
This assumes that the seller does not have an eBay store, or just has the lowest level of eBay store subscription ("starter" I think it is called). For those with "basic" level eBay store and higher, the FVF is dropped to 11.5% for most categories, making that "break even" sales tax rate 16.27% which is higher than any state's tax rate that I am aware of. So in other words, if you have an eBay store subscription, your fees will actually be lower under Managed Payments regardless of which state you are selling into.