Aliexpress collecting tax now?

Aliexpress collecting tax now?

when did that start?

who do they pay it out to?

surely this vendor does not do business in the state of georgia, as in retail

is this just a scam?

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The vendors do not get that tax money. Ali does. What they do with it is not clear. Normally they should remit it.
You should ask your local authorities about that.
It’s not fair to assume by default that they pocket it.
Or maybe the tax is automatically withdrawn by your bank, so they only have to adjust the price.

criminals

Refuse to buy anything from China direct other than Sofirn website.
Usually wait for items to make it to Amazon even if it is a few more bucks.

JMHO
YMMV

Uhhh, I bitched about that probably over a year ago.

I think now they add it to your subtotal so you can see it in the order breakdown (items, subtotal, shipping, total), but at first they didn’t.

You’d buy something for 10.something, pull the trigger, then there’d be a brief flash of a screen with a “new” breakdown which’d go right to the “thanks for your order” screen, and you’d be nicked 11.whatever afterwards. You’d only see the 11.whatever on your paypal thingy.

Like they actually remit sales tax to the 50 states… pfft, yeah.

It’s thievery, plain and simple.

Ask me when was the last time I ordered anything from AX.

I am pretty sure they do. And I don’t know why do you think they wouldn’t.
If you had billions of dollars in sales, would you risk that for some sales tax that probably doesn’t even cover 0.01% of the total sales?
In the end, people from your government are to blame for this tax

It’s at their discretion to collect, but since most companies are collecting tax for online orders (exception is if you buy from a state with no sales tax like Oregon, or they opt not to), they are at liberty (not obligation) to charge it. That money doesn’t go back to the USA. It goes to Aliexpress who are technically requires to report it as revenue, but since they’re a Chinese company, it’s easier to get out of US tax regs. I don’t get charged tax for some things I buy online like Amazon, eBay orders, Kaidomain, etc, but not others.

Come on… if there was no obligation to collect it, they wouldn’t do in the first place.
I think it’s tougher for Chinese companies because they will get retaliatory actions from the US if they don’t comply. Online transactions are easy to track.
This tax is not something that Ali wants, because they just threw away billions in ‘coupons’ to US customers (see the game thread). I am from Europe and had to change the shipping address to US in order to get them lol. They basically paid americans to buy shit almost for free

This happens with online retailers selling goods to Australia. 10% GST is added at the point of sale. The company then sends the tax to the Australian government. Nothing dodgy or criminal as they are complying with Australian law.

100% SCAM!

There is NO interstate (US based) tax revenue being remitted as CHINA is NOT a US state (or Provence). No AX for me since this scam started unless it’s dirt cheap.

I argued with Qidong at Sofirn AX when this scam started and explained the state of Kansas did NOT collect sales tax (and does not to this day unless the biz you are buying from WAS ALSO in Kansas).

So EVEN if this scam were legit (and ask any lawyer, it’s not)… I SHOULD be exempt from this withholding just as I am with Amazon, EBay, etc.

PT Barnum knew his s*!

I don’t know about your specific state - Kansas, but Ebay collects sales tax automatically, regardless of where the seller is located, when a US person buys a product. I, as a seller from Europe for example, do not even see that sales tax money. They are remitted by ebay. At least they say so in their help section.

I see no reason why Aliexpress and other platfoms would not do the same thing.

Sales tax on online purchases does not hinge on whether the business is in your state since Supreme Court ruling a few years ago. Not sure how this affects international sales.

This says they may have to collect sales tax:Do International Sellers Have to Deal with Sales Tax in the US? - TaxJar
Excerpt

You are an international seller who has no physical presence in the U.S., but who makes sales into the U.S.
In this case, you may have economic nexus. A June 21, 2018 Supreme Court of the United States case allowed states to require online sellers with “economic nexus” in their state to comply with that state’s sales tax requirements.

This simply means that if a seller – no matter where they are located – makes a certain dollar amount of sales in a state, or a a certain number of transactions with buyers in that state, then they are required to collect sales tax in that state.

For example, in Kentucky, any seller (U.S. based or international) who makes more than $100,000 in sales in the state in the previous or current calendar year, or who made more than 200 sales transactions in the state in the previous or current calendar year, is required to comply with Kentucky’s sales tax laws. Compliance means registering for a Kentucky sales tax permit and collecting sales tax from any buyers in Kentucky.

About half the states in the U.S. currently have economic nexus laws. You can read more about each U.S. state’s economic nexus laws here.

wait you guys are seeing taxes? i havent got charged tax at at all on any AE purchases, or amazon.ca for that matter, as long as the seller is from china

That about sums it up. That SCOTUS ruling opened the door (thanks Colorado) for online retailers, regardless of whether they’re in the US, to collect sales tax at-will. Not a requirement, but if I were someone like AE, with nearly zero accountability to report earnings to the US or remit any money to the government, do you think Id’say no to sales tax? No they take it to the bank. I get texed on every online sale except a few: if I buy from Oregon (no sales tax), or another state with no tax and some online retailers don’t charge it either. It just depends. All the Chinese retailers, AE, BG, Kaidomain have all added sales tax (for me at least).

If you think AX is remitting sales tax (to Kansas or any other state), I have some lakeside property I’d like to sell you in Arizona. :disguised_face:

I doubt they are. Makes sense because they’re making millions per year on it.

I have made Ebay purchases from Chinese sellers where PayPal charged separately for the tax and the seller’s charge. I assume the tax portion went directly to Pa.

If a seller is collecting a state tax and not remitting that money to the state government, they would have some huge liability. I don’t believe it’s some scam, and unless you have evidence that the Chinese venders are cheating the government by collecting tax but not remitting it, I’d be very careful about casually libeling someone.

If your state collects taxes, it would be damned unfair to make all of your local storefront sellers collect and pay it but someone who is located out of state to not have to do the same and pay it for the same sale. If someone doesn’t like the tax, work to reduce or eliminate it for all.

Nothing casually implied… If nobody in the world BUT AX collects tax for MY state (so far), they ARE scamming ME (and my state). I’m not speaking for other countries here btw.

I have been a manufacturer and reseller and submitted taxes in several states and China has no obligation to submit sales taxes to the US any more than I did to buyers out of the US. BUT AE will collect it from those who are willing to pay it! :stuck_out_tongue:

Correct. Ebay, as a US-based company under the IRS are required to report all earnings, including tax, to both state and federal governments. I’ve had refunds from Chinese sellers come as 2 transactions- one for thr purchase price, and another, directly from eBay for the sales tax.

I wish there was a way to say definitively where AE tax ends up. I would think because of their size alone they would play by the rules.