Online sales tax is a current hot button topic. Our government is debating if there should be a sales tax on internet purchases currently. Every person has their own opinion about whether there should be an online sales tax. This doesn’t just effect the person or company doing the selling but also the consumer. There shouldn’t be a sales tax on person to person online purchases due to several factors including a sales tax has already been paid, it will dissuade people from selling their used items they no longer want, and every state has a different sales tax amount. It doesn’t matter whom you are, a sales tax is added to the items when they are purchased. So a sales tax has already been applied. How many times is a sales tax supposed to be applied? And to what extent is everyone supposed to apply a sales tax? Are we really supposed to add a sales tax to items we sell at a yard sale or at a flea market? I think not. So why should someone add a sales tax to their used items they are selling from eBay, Amazon or Craigslist? They shouldn’t have to. There is no need to apply a sales tax for a second or third time on these used items. A person wanting to sell their used items will be less likely to list them if they have to apply a sales tax. Obviously the person selling their used items is not going to become a millionaire so any profit that is brought in from the sale of used items should be kept as just that, profit. If they have to start applying a sales tax to the items they are selling the general price will have to be raised to cover the amount that will come out for that sales tax. With the prices going higher and higher to cover taxes, consumers will be less likely to purchase the items. Also, it would be difficult to record and calculate the sales tax for every transaction because many people purchase online items from across state lines.