What in the world am I suppose to do with this sales tax? First time I ever seen this.

[jitterbug2003]

 I've lived in my home since 1962. It's full. I told my kids and grandkids that when I die you can get a dumpster and pitch. Everyone say's Are you kidding me? You have a fortune here. Decided to sell some. October 1st I received an offer thanks to ebay sticking it in there without my knowledge. I excepted and went to send an invoice and there is $3.44 extra on it for tax. This item was a charity item I received a long time ago and was exempt then and now being taxed? I have thousands of vinyl records I played for the last 60 years. Are they being taxed? Why would I want to pay taxes twice on my property or receive people's tax money for them? I want to erase the tax before sending the invoice.  Sorry this place is much more complicated than years ago. Thank you

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

Texas now has a live Marketplace Facilitator law which means the threshold is determine by Ebay's sales, not yours. I would suspect Ebay sellers sell more than $500k into Texas a year.

[luckythewinner]

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@mursue wrote:

What I'm not understanding is why there is an automatic sales tax charge occurring.  For instance, I'm in Texas.  The Texas Comptroller website indicates that a remote seller only has to charge tax if they made over $500,000 in the previous 12 months.  I'm nowhere close to that, but tax is now being automatically added to anything I sell. 

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eBay is covered by a different law than individual sellers are.

Texas has a Marketplace Facilitator law, which holds that sites like eBay are considered a single "seller" and that the  marketplace must collect tax from all sellers using their site.

You can read about it here:

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2019/05/marketplace-facilitators-to-collect-single-sales-tax-rate...

[fab_finds4u]

Thank you. I understand better. Think I will go shopping locally more. 

No, you don't understand.  

You can't avoid paying sales tax.  I'm sure when you go to a local store, a Walmart or Target for example, they charge you state sales tax and have been charging you all along.  So shopping locally will not avoid the state sales tax.