# Canada Ebay Account Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 5, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-ebay-account-question/660240 "2013-06-05T20:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pauly1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@pauly1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pauly1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-ebay-account-question/660240/1 "2013-06-05T20:54:43Z")
I’m an american that will be going to canada for a few months. I will be opening a bank account there as well. I would be wanting to purchase some things from ebay. Would i need to create a ebay account in canada for this? I have an american ebay account. I see there is ebay.ca for canada. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-ebay-account-question/660240/2 "2013-06-06T01:24:52Z")
No. You’ll just need to add your new shipping information. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-ebay-account-question/660240/3 "2013-06-06T03:33:10Z")
I know you didn’t ask and you might already know, but remember that Canada is a foreign country. If you have sufficient balance in your Canadian bank accounts and are a US national, then there is a severe penalty for failure to file [Form TDF 90-22.1](http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f90221.pdf). I know it sounds silly, but so many people get into trouble forgetting this fact.