From ecommerceBytes.com: "Consensus was in short supply here at the annual State of the Net conference, where representatives from eBay and Amazon squared off in a panel discussion concerning the contentious issue of online sales taxes. For eBay, the fight to defeat legislation that would empower states to require out-of-state Internet companies to collect sales taxes has vaulted to the top of the company's policy agenda, according to Becky Relic, head of North American government relations for all of eBay's properties, including PayPal. 'We are here to protect small businesses. We need to see all of them grow, all of them thrive,' Relic said, arguing that the tax collection requirement would disproportionately hurt the small sellers with shops on its marketplace."