Is it double taxation?

It is my first time to bid on E-bay. The invoice listed .0825% for sales tax. Is it some sort of double taxation since the original owner already paid sales tax when he made purchase ?

andrewdoan04-09-2007 3:16am

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s7horton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,077 posts 04-09-2007 at 12:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete anytime a sale takes place, the government is allowed to get their share. Double taxation? Sure, could have been taxed 6, or 7, or 8 or more times. If what you state is true, used car dealers would never have sales tax added to their sale.
johnjbarlow Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 175 posts 04-09-2007 at 11:58am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" Oh oh. I can already tell where this one is going.
sfar Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,756 posts 04-09-2007 at 01:44pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete As S7horton says, the tax isn't on the item, it's on the transaction.
andrewdoan OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 223 posts 04-09-2007 at 02:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I bought used stuff from audiogon but seller(s) never asked for sales tax. Never run across a listing in this web-site that the seller ask for sales tax up-front or back end. Do you? So what the difference between e-bay and audiogon?

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