There is a lot of misinformation about sales/use tax paid on items purchased on eBay. In most states the casual (non-business) seller is not required to collect sales tax from the buyer. eBay, having no way to know this, is acting as an agent and collecting tax for every state as if every sale is taxable. eBay may be able to handle these sales differently, but they are not going to go to the trouble of acting in the favor of the seller/buyer. Many states allow a credit for...

Best of luck with that tack. You'll lose every time. A sale is a sale and sales tax is due every time. I don't agree with it, but going sovereign citizen on the issue is a guaranteed loser.

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