COMC and sales tax

[Peter_Spaeth]

I was considering a purchase today off COMC and learned that they have already started to collect sales tax from you no matter where you live. To make an offer I was required to buy store credit and sure enough to do that I had to pay sales tax. I called and they confirmed that they implemented this across the board recently. Do we know how long before ebay does the same?

[bmattioli]

Sales tax across the board on E-Bay is inevitable. I have been paying more recently from buyers forced to add the tax. All sellers will at some point, get used to it..

[Yastrzemski Sports]

I do own a business and was sent a message by eBay to fill out a resale certificate to stop sales tax from being charged sales tax. If you operate a business on any level you should submit a resale cert to them. By law, COMC should be following suit so business owners aren’t double taxed.

[Michael B]

If they collected sales tax they would be breaking the law for those who live in sales tax exempt states or have their packages delivered to those states. It may have changed for several of the states, but from what I recall Delaware, New Hampshire, Montana, Alaska and Oregon have no sales tax. I am still pretty sure about DE and NH, not sure if the others are still that way. Also, if a state has not passed an internet sales tax law, that would also be questionable.

[swarmee]

COMC is not doing it across the board; only for states that have passed use tax collection on the internet after the Supreme Court decision. Florida is not one of those states.
And eBay already implements it as well, for the same states.

https://blog.comc.com/2019/03/30/int...ation-changes/

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by swarmee

COMC is not doing it across the board; only for states that have passed use tax collection on the internet after the Supreme Court decision. Florida is not one of those states.
And eBay already implements it as well, for the same states.

https://blog.comc.com/2019/03/30/int...ation-changes/

So how did COMC know where I was from, to add the tax to my Paypal invoice before I even paid it? I guess the information is automatically conveyed somehow? I don't recall giving them address information when I signed up but maybe I did.