Used items are taxed when the seller is an actual reseller registered as
such with their state. Many people on ebay are just Joe Schmoe who had
an old cookie jar lying around his house that he put up for sell. Joe
Schmoe is not a reseller, he sells t...
Thrift shops and used car lots are businesses set up as such and
registered in their state as resellers, so yes they pay taxes. When my
grandma finds an old cookie jar in her attic and sells it at a garage
sale (ebay is essentially a virtual garage s...