eBay hosted tech companies from Silicon Valley to discuss legislative issues for the coming year. On hand was California lawmaker Assemblymember Evan Low, who heads the California Assembly Business and Profession Committee, which oversees all licensed professions in California. Tech Read more
Designer Jan Davidson sued Etsy, an Etsy seller, and print-on-demand service Printful Inc. for copyright infringement stemming from the alleged manufacture and sale of tshirts and mugs with a “Beer Eye Chart” design. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of causing Read more
Lawyers frequently target public companies on behalf of investors when there’s bad news that impacts their stock price, sometimes it seems purely by reflex. That’s what’s happening to eBay after PayPal revealed in its earnings release last week that it Read more
eBay told sellers on Monday it would begin collecting sales tax next year on transactions where the buyer is based in Minnesota. eBay had previously informed sellers of its obligation to collect sales tax for other states that enacted what’s Read more
eBay Canada’s General Manager released a statement about Canada’s trade deal with the US and Mexico on October 1st, and on Friday, the company notified its sellers in a post on the announcement board. The new version of the trilateral Read more
Amazon notified sellers it will begin collecting sales tax for orders shipped to Minnesota beginning October 1, 2018, which passed what’s come to be known as a Marketplace Facilitator law in 2017. Amazon is adding Minnesota to the list of Read more
Republican and democratic lawmakers in Congress have introduced a bill that would be a huge relief to small businesses worried about online sales tax obligations in the wake of the Supreme Court case overturning Quill. Among the provisions: a $10 Read more
We’re getting questions from sellers about their obligations to collect sales tax after the Supreme Court overturned Quill with its ruling in June. Unfortunately there are no simple, one-size-fits-all answers, frustrating sellers struggling to deal with the issue. Here’s an example Read more
On Wednesday, eBay applauded Mexico’s plans to make it easier for its residents to buy low-value shipments from the US by raising its “de minimis” threshold from $50 to $100. In other words, that’s the amount Mexicans can import from Read more
eBay advised sellers of new regulations from the state of California that impact sellers who list products containing certain substances. As a result of California Proposition 65, which takes effect on August 30, 2018, eBay is adding a new item Read more
