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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 26496998, member: 77639&quot;]Yup, eBay and other out of state sellers, including coin dealers and auction houses, are required to collect state and local taxes based on the shipping address.&nbsp;&nbsp; If a local coin dealer does not charge the taxes (if required locally), they’re either breaking the law or the taxes are hidden in the quoted price.&nbsp; Occasionally, I’ve bought merchandise (not coins) from out of state sellers who did not charge Calif. sales taxes.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were fairly small businesses, did not have a physical presence in Calif., and probably figured they were too small and obscure for Calif. to come after them.&nbsp; The purchases were direct and not through a large intermediary like eBay or Etsy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Large companies have no choice but to collect sales taxes and forward them to the states that require them.&nbsp; If they didn’t do it, they would soon be on the losing end of court cases brought by multiple states.</p><p><br /></p><p>We can thank S. Dakota and its U.S. Supreme Court case for bringing about this tax situation.&nbsp; I remember talking to Ian Russell shortly after the Supreme Court ruled.&nbsp; He said it would cost Great Collections an overhead of at least $70K per year to collect sales taxes and send them to the various states that require them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This situation can be changed only by a constitutional amendment or the Supreme Court reversing itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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