Approximately 3 years ago state auditors and tax authorities contacted eBay about collecting sales taxes.
eBay cooperates and as states demanded tax be collected, eBay complied and automatically now applies
sales tax to taxable transactions using sales tax provided by individual state tax authorities to eBay to use.
Wake Up!
You, the seller, are being charged eBay's Final Value Fee on the Sales Tax that your buyer pays.
PayPal also collects their fee based on the total sale, including the sales tax.
After the fees are charged to you, the seller, then eBay passe on the sales tax to the state in which the buyer resides.
So here's an example:
You sell a cue on eBay for $100, plus $10 shipping, to a buyer in NJ.
The NJ sales tax is $7.29. (6.625%)
Total received= $117.29.
eBay takes out their 10% commission $11.73 + 7.29 sales tax.
PayPal takes out their 2.9% +$.30 commission, a total of $3.70.
So, here's what you wind up getting, net: $100 + $10 + $7.29 - $11.73 - $7.29 - $3.70 - $10 for your shipping cost.......$84.57.
In other words, figure that your sales on eBay will cost you about 15%, if the buyer pays the accurate shipping cost.
The higher the shipping cost, the more money eBay and PayPal get because their commissions include shipping and tax.