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<p>[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 3712932, member: 20480"]eBay's effort looks half-hearted, but isn't . . . it's strategic. </p><p><br /></p><p>They could have forced one universally applicable tax table upon all listings for sale . . . the simplest solution they could implement, yet they did not. Why? Because if they did, customers would raise a fuss, not with the states, but with eBay. eBay prefers it the other way around, in hopes of coming out with a simpler solution on the back end . . . no taxation on internet sales at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way . . . there's another test to eBay's system which will air out later. What happens when a seller in NY (4%) sells to a buyer in FL (6%)? Does NY get 0% and FL get 6%, or does NY get 4% and FL 2%. That battle hasn't begun yet, but you can rest assured . . . the greedy politicians will kick it off soon enough. </p><p><br /></p><p>THAT is when SCOTUS will have to acknowledge their error in judgment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 3712932, member: 20480"]eBay's effort looks half-hearted, but isn't . . . it's strategic. They could have forced one universally applicable tax table upon all listings for sale . . . the simplest solution they could implement, yet they did not. Why? Because if they did, customers would raise a fuss, not with the states, but with eBay. eBay prefers it the other way around, in hopes of coming out with a simpler solution on the back end . . . no taxation on internet sales at all. By the way . . . there's another test to eBay's system which will air out later. What happens when a seller in NY (4%) sells to a buyer in FL (6%)? Does NY get 0% and FL get 6%, or does NY get 4% and FL 2%. That battle hasn't begun yet, but you can rest assured . . . the greedy politicians will kick it off soon enough. THAT is when SCOTUS will have to acknowledge their error in judgment.[/QUOTE]
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