Customs duty costs for shipping to the USA and eBay sales tax. Something doesn't add up....... | Payments and Shipping

stefanostefano2011 · 2026-03-17T15:55:00.677000Z

Hello everyoneI thought I was good at math but something doesn’t add up....I’ll explain.....I sold an item in the United States. I go to the post office to ship it and I find that the customs duties cost is my responsibility (it seems to me that before the seller didn’t pay the duties). I pay and then go to see whether I was credited with any money for these duties in the order summaryIn fact, eBay took 24.58 euros from the buyer (I paid 25.72, but that’s fine, let’s not look at the cents)But in eBay’s summary I notice something....in the earnings details (order total, transaction fee, etc...) the amount of 24.58, which would be the sales tax, was taken away from me and not addedTo make a long story short, eBay took 24.58 euros from the buyer as a customs fee but instead of giving it to me (I paid the customs costs) eBay kept itAm I wrong? or is there something that doesn’t add up?

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