End the Double Tax on Second Hand Items Petition

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***NO ACTUAL ITEM TO PURCHASE!!!*** Go to Google and search "Change.org double tax on secondhand clothes" & you'll find the petition put on by IKEA Canada! Help make second-hand cheaper!!

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cathy_bureaux I signed the petition and totally agree that tax shouldn’t be charged on second hand items. Thanks for posting about the petition here!

May 14Reply

roni_rad_finds @cathy_bureaux Thank you!! ❤️

May 14Reply

madscloset2 Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I, for one, had no idea it was up

May 15Reply

roni_rad_finds @madscloset2 I only learned from someone with a similar listing! gotta spread the word one way or another! 🥰

May 15Reply

madscloset2 @roni_resells Although, on further reflection, most secondhand stores are already tax-free as they are charities. There are a few around here that are not, namely Mission stores, and why they didn't receive charitable status has never been explained to me. Of course there is then Value Village, the elephant in the room.

May 16Reply

madscloset2 But there are also consignment stores, many of which bring in new items like accessories or liquidated merchandise, so you would have a mix of taxable and non-taxable goods. So it may not be as simple an issue as it first appears. I'm wondering why IKEA started this petition. Are they hoping to sell returned product -- which is technically secondhand -- tax free?

May 16Reply

madscloset2 And here on Poshmark we have Boutiques, which are supposedly selling new merchandise. So Poshmark would have to collect tax there. One upside would be to eliminate those sellers who put anything that's NWT or NWOT in boutiques that don't exist, and of course those selling replicas that PM doesn't seem willing to eliminate, despite their rules.

May 16Reply