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stopdiggin

(13,013 posts)
3. thanks, good info, and yes
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 02:38 PM
Aug 2019

--"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.

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Sold something on eBay the other day [View all] CountAllVotes Aug 2019 OP
Depends on the state the buyer is in if taxes are applied. Cattledog Aug 2019 #1
He is in Washington CountAllVotes Aug 2019 #7
Tax aliza20 Nov 2020 #11
I don't sell much on eBay customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #2
thanks, good info, and yes stopdiggin Aug 2019 #3
You're welcome! customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #4
hard to see it now as anything other than a special exemption (nt) stopdiggin Aug 2019 #5
I tried to remove the tax CountAllVotes Aug 2019 #6
So, as far as the paid tax goes ... CountAllVotes Aug 2019 #8
It should be a part of the remittance that came from the buyer customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #9
Thank you customerserviceguy CountAllVotes Aug 2019 #10
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