Sales Tax SCAM!

[tottie7777]

What a scam!

Not only is it spurious that Ebay collects sales tax - but it does so in a manner to enrich its' sister Paypal.

The sales tax is collected from the buyer.

Ebay sends that sales tax to the seller at paypal.

PAYPAL DEDUCTS A FEE ON THAT SALES TAX along as a sales total!!!!

Ebay gets the sales tax back to pay the states IF it wants and if anything is due (which is another question/scam).

PAYPAL KEEPS THE FEE ON THE SALES TAX!

YOU PAY FEES FOR EBAY TO COLLECT SALES TAX!!

So one has to calculate the sales tax, add an amount onto shipping or the goods to TRY and cover the ever increasing fee for those sales taxes.

Ebay shoud/could just keep the sales tax and pay it out direct to states. Adding the amount to the sale and allowing its partner Paypal to collect on that amount too is a pure scam. Something has to be done. Class action?

[ugeekz]

So why is ebay collecting sales tax on things shipped from other countries, like China, Hong Kong, Canada....I think buyers should slap Ebay with a class action suit.  THIS IS ILLEGAL as all get out....But then mb the states get the money instead of ebay who just takes their commission on it....It is such a scam.  

[pjcdn2005]

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@ugeekz wrote:

So why is ebay collecting sales tax on things shipped from other countries, like China, Hong Kong, Canada....I think buyers should slap Ebay with a class action suit.  THIS IS ILLEGAL as all get out....But then mb the states get the money instead of ebay who just takes their commission on it....It is such a scam.  

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As stated in other posts tax collection is based on where the buyer lives, not where the item was shipped from.  If you are getting charged a user tax for online purchases on eBay that is because  your state requires ebay to collect it.  Nothing illegal about it. 

[mam98031]

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@ugeekz wrote:

So why is ebay collecting sales tax on things shipped from other countries, like China, Hong Kong, Canada....I think buyers should slap Ebay with a class action suit.  THIS IS ILLEGAL as all get out....But then mb the states get the money instead of ebay who just takes their commission on it....It is such a scam.  

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@ugeekz 

You need to tackle this issue from a different direction.  You first need to talk with your State Representatives as it is your state government that has passed the law in which Ebay MUST abide by.  So if you take issues with it, getting mad at Ebay is going to do nothing to resolve your issue.  You have to start with your state because they passed an MFL [marketplace facilitator law] like 38 other states have passed and it REQUIRES sites like Ebay, Etsy, Amazon, Target, Sears, Walmart, etc to charge sales tax if something is being bought by you and delivered within your state.

Sales tax/use tax has NEVER been driven by where an item comes from but where an item is purchased / used.  I'm sure you have bought plenty of things over the years at your local stores that was sourced out of state or even out of country.  That didn't prevent sales tax from being applied.