eBay charging sales tax

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Originally Posted by MooseDog

eBay charging sales tax on shipping and handling is a hidden "convenience fee" and I believe it was covered in one of the seller updates that most of us automatically delete. No doubt eBay legal has it covered in words but no doubt a class-action suit in the making down the road.

In my experience, some states do not have sales tax applied to s/h by ebay while others do. Massachusetts is one state that ebay only charges sales tax on the product, not s/h. My understanding is that the charging of sales tax on s/h varies by state and is not controlled by ebay