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Tangential fact, another way eBay robs sellers is charging sellers fees on the sales tax eBay opts to collect from buyers, at the same rate as the sold item’s c
by kirykl 4y ago
Tangential fact, another way eBay robs sellers is charging sellers fees on the sales tax eBay opts to collect from buyers, at the same rate as the sold item’s category driven final value fee.
Basically they end up collecting sales tax from buyer, as mandated by marketplace laws, but charge the seller typically 13% of the collected sales tax as a fee
- user3939382 4y agoI agree. I’ve filed reports with multiple Attorneys General over this and written their executives about it but apparently nobody cares. F* scumbags.
- gamblor956 4y agoIn Hawaii they are actually required to do that. (Hawaii's GET is levied on the gross amount, recursively applied to any taxes, etc. passed on.) A few other states also tax marketplaces on their gross marketplace revenue, and the marketplaces reasonably pass those costs on to their sellers. Though these marketplace taxes are <1% of gross marketplace revenue, not 13% or whatever the local sales tax is.