eBay: “Federal sales tax would hurt small firms”

June 15, 2011

Check out the full story on Parcel2Go.com. "High street retailers complain that allowing online businesses to escape without paying sales tax gives them an unfair advantage, but eBay says the introduction of a federal sales tax affecting all US states would be unfair on small traders involved in domestic and international shipping. Brian Bieron, senior director for federal government affairs at eBay, said: ‘We believe that putting a tax burden on small businesses and treating them the same as giant retailers is unfair. This would add a new cost.’"  Read more