Does my total sales include postage paid or is it just actual sales?

[sparklesandstring]

Does the total sales mean just my sales or does it include  postage paid by customers? 

Thank you for  any help clarifying  this  🙂

[davewil1964]

For tax purposes it is total income. Before postage, purchase costs, eBay or Paypal fees.

if you need to rely on eBay to do your accounts, I have no idea. And would not rely on them.

[collect247 · Accepted solution]

Excluding postage

[kopenhagen5]

Total income is all incoming funds includes postage then postage costs and others are deductable.

[davewil1964]

Unless it is 'free'. which is postage included.

i have an account skirting very close to powerseller simply because I used to include postage in the price. I expect, as those listings fall off and get listed on my store account, that I will fall further away from that milestone as time goes by. Which has no effect on my income or liability for tax. Regardless of mandatory eBay reporting to the ATO.