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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael H Webb, post: 3237350, member: 93313&quot;]I notice that Amazon collects sales tax so that the customer does not have to bother with the <i>use</i> taxes that would be otherwise collected by a state.</p><p><br /></p><p>Amazon either collects the sales tax on commercial merchants who would face a tax liability themselves or collects the use tax that would otherwise be payable by the commercial merchants&#039; customers. Amazon&#039;s involvement is necessitated by the many products that are fulfilled by Amazon itself in many states.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to state taxes, Amazon collects any sales tax for counties and municipalities as prescribed by local law.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t know how Ebay itself could face state tax liability on listing merchandise since Ebay doesn&#039;t sell or ship the merchandise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay does allow listings to include sales tax for commercial merchants that would incur tax liability for sales in that state or sales to a state that has a sales tax treaty. However, some commercial merchants likely eat the tax liability themselves, not wishing to penalize in-state bidders.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even so, other platforms exist internationally, based in the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Purchased these coins from MA-SHOPS merchants recently:</p><p><img src="https://img.ma-shops.com/hardelt/pic/ecu-25tss111pp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://img.ma-shops.com/hoehn/pic/134009q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>States are accountable to voters, so its unlikely that states would levy taxes on transactions made exclusively by ordinary residents regardless of venue (except for automobiles).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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