eBay Fees on Buyer-Paid Sales Tax

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Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I’m pretty sure they started collecting from states and countries they didn’t even have to, once they figured out they were making money hand over fist collecting taxes from their sellers.

There are some other companies that seem to be doing this as well, making the assumption that all states with sales tax will at some point pass legislation mandating the collection and remittance of the use tax under Wayfair. I think Florida was one of the last few holdouts, but are going to begin requiring it July 1.
If the company is collecting *and* remitting the actual tax back to the state (even when it's not technically required), I don't think they're technically doing anything illegal. If they are collecting "tax" and not remitting it back to the state, then report them to the state in question. That would be a clear cut case of tax fraud, I believe.