eBay Sales Tax in Illinois

ecfas · January 16, 2020 10:27AM

This morning I received 4 emails from eBay stating they reimbursed me for the sales tax on my last 4 coin purchases. I also noticed this morning that no sales tax was listed for coins contained in my eBay shopping cart. It appears that eBay is no longer charging sales tax on any legal tender (coins, proof sets, bullion, etc) for Illinois residents.

dorancoins · January 16, 2020 10:51AM

This is good news. See - if you bug them enough they will take the time to review and correct their mistake.

ElmerFusterpuck · January 16, 2020 11:08AM

Oh jeez, you just blew it up for the tax conspiracy folks here. Thanks.

Coinstartled · January 16, 2020 11:22AM

Glad that you got your money returned.

U1chicago · January 16, 2020 2:08PM

I wonder what the process is to get a refund?

I didn’t receive one and no one ever contacted me from eBay after calling them multiple times.

U1chicago · January 16, 2020 2:24PM

@ElmerFusterpuck said:
Oh jeez, you just blew it up for the tax conspiracy folks here. Thanks.

Many posts were legitimate concerns. My purchasing and selling was adversely affected for 15 days. That’s not too long, but it makes a difference. People from Michigan and Utah have been experiencing incorrect taxation since Oct 2019 (I’m not sure if their issue was solved).

eBay also didn’t do the best job of responding to questions on the topic. Different reps had different answers and there was no general notice that the issue would be resolved. One rep said there would be an email sent out to everyone last week and it never came.

Also, the tax issue is far from solved. Those states where eBay is forced to still collect sales tax (where they didn’t have to before the Supreme Court decision), will continue to see less purchases (especially for higher priced items).

sparky64 · January 16, 2020 3:03PM

Welcome!
And nice report.

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U1chicago · January 16, 2020 3:52PM

@jmlanzaf said:

@U1chicago said:

@ElmerFusterpuck said:
Oh jeez, you just blew it up for the tax conspiracy folks here. Thanks.

Also, the tax issue is far from solved. Those states where eBay is forced to still collect sales tax (where they didn’t have to before the Supreme Court decision), will continue to see less purchases (especially for higher priced items).

well, the sales tax collection is not exactly an "issue" that anyone is going to even try to solve. States need/want the revenue and they finally have permission to collect this.

Whether eBay sees more or less sales has less to do with the tax and more to do with the overall cost structure relative to B&M operations. After all, you can't go anywhere else in the State to avoid the tax. You also can't go to any large internet retailer to avoid the tax. Your only choice is to maybe find a small timer who stays below the threshold for tax collection like www.everythingvaluable.com

And, eventually, the States will figure out how to tax the small fry also.

So basically you wrote all that to still tell us that the sales tax issue isn’t solved (whether or not any effort will be made to “solve” it).

Also, ads for websites are for the bst (even if some manage to sneak it in on a regular post)

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U1chicago · January 17, 2020 6:20AM

@jmlanzaf said:

@U1chicago said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@U1chicago said:

@ElmerFusterpuck said:
Oh jeez, you just blew it up for the tax conspiracy folks here. Thanks.

Also, the tax issue is far from solved. Those states where eBay is forced to still collect sales tax (where they didn’t have to before the Supreme Court decision), will continue to see less purchases (especially for higher priced items).

well, the sales tax collection is not exactly an "issue" that anyone is going to even try to solve. States need/want the revenue and they finally have permission to collect this.

Whether eBay sees more or less sales has less to do with the tax and more to do with the overall cost structure relative to B&M operations. After all, you can't go anywhere else in the State to avoid the tax. You also can't go to any large internet retailer to avoid the tax. Your only choice is to maybe find a small timer who stays below the threshold for tax collection like www.everythingvaluable.com

And, eventually, the States will figure out how to tax the small fry also.

So basically you wrote all that to still tell us that the sales tax issue isn’t solved (whether or not any effort will be made to “solve” it).

Also, ads for websites are for the bst (even if some manage to sneak it in on a regular post)

LOL. I've decided to follow Dimemans example It's more tongue-in-cheek than anything since that website is, at best, under construction.

No, I dint write all that to tell you that the sales tax issue isn't solved. I wrote all that to point out that there is no sales tax issue. The states want to tax everything and they are.

Your last sentence contradicts the second to last.

topstuf · January 17, 2020 6:43AM

What a sad day for coin collectors to have it all wrecked by government wastrels. :'(

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eBay Sales Tax in Illinois

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