[LostInBayport]

Closing this "loophole" makes internet retailing prohibitively expensive, with time and effort for distinguishing the various sales tax requirements and transmission of the collected money an unpaid government service to be provided by the seller. It does not "level the playing field" - it tilts it drastically in the opposite direction.

This will destroy Ebay. I'm thinking of the little guy, using the online equivalent of the tag sale (government hates those too). Instead of unloading something no longer wanted and selling it to someone else for a buck or two, it'll end up at a charity shop or in the trash.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with "fairness". It is just one more source of other people's money for states unwilling to spend tax dollars wisely. It will allow them to keep the gravy train of public employees, EBT cards and make-work union projects going for just a bit longer.

[MortMan]

I agree - this is a dagger aimed at the small online retailer.

[NVDave]

And given the political donation patterns of eBay employees, executives and managers (ie, overwhelmingly to the Democrats - I checked in the 2012 cycle, it was about 5:1 for the DNC), destroying eBay is bad because...?

[CitizenUSA]

The bill has an exception for businesses with less than a certain amount of $ in sales, so it probably wouldn’t apply to most Ebay sellers. Regardless, more taxes mean less commerce. That’s a bad thing.