The seller sued eBay for double taxation, and the sales tax settings were deleted from the listing?

Foreign media reported that last Wednesday, a US seller filed a lawsuit against eBay in federal court. The lawsuit stated that the reason for filing the federal lawsuit was eBay's "double taxation" behavior.

The seller is seeking help through a lawsuit , which states that eBay "returns all the money it has amassed through double taxation on used goods. "

The sellers also said in the claim: "Taxing the same asset again at two different points in time is in fact double taxation. Now eBay is taxing used assets that were already taxed during the original sale! This is why I am suing eBay."

" In most cases, the tax floor on profits is negligible, and the profits are not large enough to be taxed. Charging eBay fees , transaction fees, sales taxes, and the subsequent increase in shipping costs makes people feel that something is wrong and needs to be corrected. " The seller complained: " Trying to make up the deficit through taxation without adequate representation sounds like a constitutional crisis. "

After the news was exposed by foreign media, a large number of sellers flocked to express their opinions on the matter. Some sellers applauded, while others analyzed from eBay's standpoint: " There are many problems with eBay and sales tax, the most important of which is the fees they charge sellers for collected taxes, but these never belong to the sellers, and the sellers can only bear this responsibility alone ... The US states have different regulations on the collection of sales taxes on used goods, and I don't believe that there is protection against double taxation in the US Constitution. "

Some sellers said they didn't know what this had to do with eBay. In Canada, for example, all for-profit thrift stores have to collect taxes on second-hand and donated items, and only registered charities are exempt from sales tax. Others said the case is likely to be dismissed before it's filed.

Although eBay seems to have the support of the majority on this matter , there are still many disputes between sellers and eBay about taxes: Also last week, a seller wrote to the media, saying that he had just noticed that the eBay sales tax settings had been deleted from all listings. Since the beginning of the business, the seller has been collecting sales tax in Florida, but eBay did not check the settings in the new state taxable form.

Unlike most sellers who went to eBay before , this time the sellers generally pointed out that this was indeed a problem with eBay. Some suggested that the seller check it himself first, while others suggested that the seller contact eBay directly. But in any case, many sellers said that eBay's performance this time did not comply with state tax regulations.

Some sellers also said that they had discovered the problem: eBay cleared its check box to collect sales tax in Florida. On its settings page, all states were listed with a status that eBay collects sales tax and the "Florida" box was not checked, which means it was blank. Sellers had no choice but to update the settings to the local 7% sales tax.

However, the new settings still do not take effect until the listing is relisted or a new listing is created. The seller said that he was not aware of these changes and just accidentally checked the storage policy settings of the account and found the error.

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