From eBay Mainstreet – Help Stop New Net Taxes!

I received this email from eBay Mainstreet. From the mess I had this year collecting and reporting sales tax based on buyer location in just my home state – I can tell you having a tax we sellers must collect and report would be a nightmare. Many of us would sink under the additional paperwork, not to mention the extra charges we’d have to pass along to our customers.

I strongly urge you click the link below, joing mainstreet (takes about two mouse clicks) and send an email to your representive. Don’t worry, eBay already has emails and addresses based on your zip code.

Tell Congress, “No New Net Taxes”

Internet Sales Taxes–Your costs go up. Your buyers’ costs go up. You are required to comply with the same tax laws as the nation’s largest retailers. This scenario could soon become reality.

The sales tax laws governing today’s Internet and catalog retailers are simple: If you sell something to a person living in your state, you collect sales tax. If that customer doesn’t live in your state, you don’t collect the tax. However, a number of state governments and the biggest retail giants in America are planning an aggressive lobbying campaign to change the law. They want to require small retailers to operate like the biggest retail chains, collecting taxes everywhere.

We all know times are tough and state governments are looking for more tax money. Likewise, big retailers see an opportunity to gain a competitive edge by imposing new costs and higher prices on their smallest competitors. Luckily, the tax ground-rules can’t be changed without congressional action. There’s still time to stand up and be counted. If you think adding a new tax burden on small Internet retailers is a bad idea, now is the time to make your voice heard. Click here to send a letter to your U.S. Representative and Senators today.

It won’t be easy. But together, Internet retailers like you can stop these new taxes.