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@thereallygoodbookshopcomau wrote:

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I believe you have to make your ebay account into a Business account before you can put your ABN in.

 

My account is a business account but I still have this same issue. I don't think I am the only one. 

 

For businesses registered for GST like mine I claim an input tax credit on my BAS for any gst eBay charges me from 1 July on just like any other taxable supply I suppose.

 

I don't quite understand why ebay are allowing GST registered businesses an exemption like this as I imagine at GST return time GST will be payable on the fees anyway as the fees aren't GST-free. In other words if you don't pay it on your monthly eBay statement then it will be payable at BAS time anyway.

 

Has anybody actually spoken to their accountant about it.  Sorry if someone has posted and I have missed it.

 

 

 

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If you can claim the GST paid to eBay as input credit, it's effectively the same as eBay not charging it at all - that's why an exemption can be made for GST registered businesses. 

i.e. If you pay it via eBay, it comes off your total payable when you do BAS, so there's no reason for it be added instead if you don't pay it via eBay.  

eBay are apparently claiming that as long as no spaces are entered when adding the ABN, no error messages should be returned, but I haven't tried adding mine as I'm not currently registered to collect GST.