I guess the sales tax thing just hit there.

I am in California.

It has not hit here yet but was told it will come Oct. 1st.

If I want to buy something, a few extra bucks for sales tax is not going to prevent me from buying whatever it is. In fact, I just bought a used laptop on there and wowza, what a great deal for $180.00 (saved me a bundle not having to buy a new one, esp. when I did not care to purchase a new one).

It seems to be hit and miss best I can tell.

Thank you for your reply.

The buyer pays taxes.

but if the buyer and the seller are in the same state, sales tax (if applicable) will be added to the purchase price by eBay, and the seller will be responsible for remitting them to the appropriate state tax authorities.

I'd do one of two things, either have your auction listing state that, "If you are the successful bidder, and your mailing address is in (name of state) then eBay will add sales tax to this purchase", or if the amount was not significant, I'd eat the sales tax, especially if that would bring me more money than selling to the next highest bidder. Your call.

At some point, we will surely have a system that collects taxes for every state with a sales tax, and automatically remits it to state tax authorities. A lot of commerce has shifted from brick-and-mortar to online transactions, and that's a lot of tax money being lost.

--"At some point, we will surely have a system that collects taxes for every state with a sales tax, and automatically remits it to state tax authorities."--
No excuse why we aren't there already. This has been blatantly obvious (and lagging) for years. And it's not really the proprietors or the platforms .. it's the spineless pols.

What it would take is a bipartisan effort to change the law that allows exemption from sales tax for goods going across state lines, the exemption was cemented in place by a SCOTUS decision many years ago, back when Sears and Montgomery Ward had catalog businesses that were doing a tiny fraction of retail selling.

Ebay won't allow you to remove it now.

Hence, the invoice goes with the tax on it.

The guy was angry at me.

He should be angry at someone else or ebay as others mentioned.

I think this is something that just started to happen (where the tax is on the invoice being sent).

Seems they need to seriously get their act together like yesterday.

*sigh*

Does ebay get that or what?

Do I have to file more paperwork with the State where I live if I received said tax rather than ebay?

Many don't pay state taxes depending upon their situation financially.

???

Yes, you're supposed to remit it to the state, but on small casual sales, a lot of people don't do that, and states don't have the resources to track everyone down for a few bucks. But, there are a lot of people who use eBay for a business activity that makes them a substantial part of their income, and the state will be looking out for them.

I really appreciate your help.