Am I missing something or is eBay tacking onto Sales Tax?

[celtinner_2]

Got an order from another state which has a 6.25% sales tax for that state. (my state sales tax is 6.625%).

Purchase total for this order with shipping comes to $24.35.

Why did "tax collected by eBay" come to $2.00 even?!

Am I missing something?

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

Tax is based on the buyer location and may include on shipping depending on the State law.

[mr_lincoln]

@celtinner_2   From what I've seen tax is based on item plus shipping cost.  That's how our state operates ...

[celtinner_2]

Yeah the buyer's location State Tax is 6.25% . The shipping, I included above of the purchase order. The total should be around $1.52 and that is with adding in the shipping costs.

EDIT:

$19.00

$5.35 Shipping

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$24.35 = 6.25% = $1.52

not $2.00

?

[nobody*s_perfect · Accepted solution]

In about half of the states, there can also be local (municipal, county etc.) rates added onto the basic statewide rate.    See for instance Texas and Illinois in this chart:

https://taxfoundation.org/sales-tax-rates-2019/