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The Constitution MUST be amended for any of these tax laws to be Enactable.
Right now NO ONE should be collecting sales tax on out of state transactions.
And NO ONE can be punished for Not collecting.
This is a Cart Before the Horse scenario.
Most eBay sellers do not sell enough to meet the Wayfair threshold in any state. Some states did not factor population relative to South Dakota into their sales or transaction thresholds. The 200-transaction threshold, where it still exists could be troublesome for eBay sellers of less expensive items. Some states, having realized that large numbers of low dollar tax accounts would not be productive, have backed off.
The effects of market facilitator laws on most eBay sellers has been a drop in revenue on most items. If eBay did not collect out-of-state sales tax, sellers would have higher per-item revenue and would not owe sales tax to out-of-state jurisdictions.
Instead of raising fees to recover lost revenue attributed to sales tax, eBay chose to shift per-item revenue declines to sellers by including sales tax when calculating final value fees. If buyers in aggregate have a fixed amount to spend, total sales or price levels must drop to accommodate sales tax. By taking a percentage of sales tax, eBay stabilized its revenue at the expense of sellers.
For sellers who travel out of state to sell and file out-of-state sales tax returns, Wayfair has caused problems as some taxing authorities take advantage of physical nexus to tax Internet sales not meeting the Wayfair criteria. Sales tax reporting from eBay has not kept up with the needs of sellers who must file in sales tax returns in more than one state.
Politicians = Greedy Scums.