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We had an offer on a domain registration through Sedo and the buyer appeared to have accepted our counter offer.
Sedo then produced a sales contract for the transaction listing the buyer as a U.S. company and as being free of any Value Added Tax, otherwise better known as GST and or HST.
When the transfer was made - against our wishes, I will add - it was made directly to a Canadian company on Webnames.ca. This means the intended sale was directly to another Canadian company, and GST, or in this case HST, applies.
The problem is the Sedo contract states that GST/HST is to be paid only by the seller, out of your agreed price, which clearly goes contrary to their statement of being exempt.
If you do not want to be hit with a 15% liability for HST you might want to think twice about Sedo.
Sedo then produced a sales contract for the transaction listing the buyer as a U.S. company and as being free of any Value Added Tax, otherwise better known as GST and or HST.
When the transfer was made - against our wishes, I will add - it was made directly to a Canadian company on Webnames.ca. This means the intended sale was directly to another Canadian company, and GST, or in this case HST, applies.
The problem is the Sedo contract states that GST/HST is to be paid only by the seller, out of your agreed price, which clearly goes contrary to their statement of being exempt.
If you do not want to be hit with a 15% liability for HST you might want to think twice about Sedo.