eBay and Sellers Spared in Congressional Spending Bill

Congress introduced a new spending bill this week that could avert a government shutdown, and it could also spell relief for eBay and its sellers. eBay has been urging sellers to write to Congress opposing two bills that would require online sellers to collect sales tax even in states where they don't have nexus: the Marketplace Fairness Act and the Remote Transaction Parity Act. Earlier this month, eBay told sellers it was worried that the year-end spending bill could include legislation around sales tax collection. But the spending bill introduced on Tuesday doesn't include any language about online sales tax collection.