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<p>[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 4022756, member: 91609"]Well, eBay's tax scam isn't limited to coins. In November (2019) I made 3 purchases from 3 different eBay sellers who were from outside the US. The 3 items shipped from outside the US. eBay charged me tax on all 3, even though they have no taxing authority to which to submit these "taxes". The transactions showed up on my acct (credit card) as 6 transactions: 3 purchases & 3 tax collections. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the taxes totaled (only) just under $10, I merely closed my eBay (& PayPal) acct & I am done with them after almost 20 yrs.</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay does not care! Their only mission is to separate people from their money, by whatever means they can. eBay has many income streams. Their excess, unpayable tax balances are growing by the day. States don't care because it's "small potatoes" to them, & eBay is doing them a big favor by collecting legitimate taxes (they don't want to kill the golden goose). And, states are not interested in taxes they are not entitled to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO & experience. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 4022756, member: 91609"]Well, eBay's tax scam isn't limited to coins. In November (2019) I made 3 purchases from 3 different eBay sellers who were from outside the US. The 3 items shipped from outside the US. eBay charged me tax on all 3, even though they have no taxing authority to which to submit these "taxes". The transactions showed up on my acct (credit card) as 6 transactions: 3 purchases & 3 tax collections. Since the taxes totaled (only) just under $10, I merely closed my eBay (& PayPal) acct & I am done with them after almost 20 yrs. eBay does not care! Their only mission is to separate people from their money, by whatever means they can. eBay has many income streams. Their excess, unpayable tax balances are growing by the day. States don't care because it's "small potatoes" to them, & eBay is doing them a big favor by collecting legitimate taxes (they don't want to kill the golden goose). And, states are not interested in taxes they are not entitled to collect. JMHO & experience. ;)[/QUOTE]
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