I already pay eBay and Paypal for every sale (and presumably they pay tax on that)  in Australa; I'm  perplexed as to why Joe Hockey wants to impose open slather GST n eBay transactions. I can see how he will enforce this on eBay, but how will he enforce it on the print only editiuon of the "Trading Post" - seems to me that some private sales will be hit by GST but others not. I can't see how that's good legislation.

I'm really befuddled because if some dude sells something through the classifieds of the local paper, then he gets the whole amount with no tax. If I sell the same thing on eBay then I get slugged by eBay and Paypal for the transaction and then I've also got Joe Hockey beathing down my neck for GST - I mean, is there any point in sellign stuff any more?

I think that there are many sellers like myself who rely on a small profit after postage, eBay charges and Paypal charges are deducted; if I had a whinge about those, then I'd whinge about them, but I don't. But if GST is going to be introduced (for ANYTHING according to Joe Hockey) then it's not going to be worth my while to sell on eBay.