The real kicker here is that eBay then charges you a percentage of that collected taxes for their fees! The recent change in what eBay collects has caused me to reconsider selling on eBay. Once they got rid of PayPal and started collected on their own, the fees went up. The average fee they now collect is 12.75%. That 12.75% is calculated based on final sale price + shipping + state tax collected.
It seems illegal to me that they collect the tax from the buyer and another 12.75% of the tax from the seller.
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