Is eBay Paying its Fair Share of Australian Tax?

[waddingtonfirstaid]

Australian sellers are paying more in fees than ever before yet, if the eBay invoices are anything to go by, it seems the money we pay to eBay goes off shore to eBay International Helvetiastrasse 15/17 3005 Bern Switzerland. How is it that eBay runs it's commercial operations from an Australian au server, operates as if it's an Australian company, yet it doesn't use Australian Tax Invoices and presumably doesn't pay the same tax like the rest of us? Last financial year, eBay cleared over $7,000,000 profit per day. Is it not right that they should pay Australian taxes at the same rate we pay given we're all doing business in Australia? I would have thought this was especially important when billing Australians for goods and services supplied in Australia.

[max-power-models]

We pay it for them.

[padi*0409]

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

Hi padi,

Late to the party am I... I think Monash was drawing up his plans on how to defeat the evil Boche on or about that date

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