As many of you know, there are two bills pending in Congress that, if passed, would change the current Internet sales tax law to require all Internet retailers above the woefully-inadequate exemption level to collect sales tax on every purchase and remit it correctly across 9,600 state and local tax jurisdictions nationwide.  eBay, along with other organizations like WE R HERE, strongly oppose this legislation because of the impact it would have on small business job creators.  eBay believes in enacting policies that encourage small business competitiveness, not policies

Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, and (despite Hurricane Sandy’s onslaught) eBay Government Relations was there to cover it.  The Kirtsaeng case involves an eBay seller who was sued by a textbook publisher for reselling legitimate authentic books. The seller, a graduate student and entrepreneur, sold the books to help cover tuition expenses. These were legitimate books that the book publisher manufactured overseas — they were not counterfeit, pirated, or stolen. Yet, the publisher is trying to use U.S.

Recently eBay Inc.'s Government Relations Emerging Markets team and PayPal's Latin America (LATAM) team hosted a Brazilian delegation of over 30 software, hardware and IT small business owners and members of the Small Business Support Service of Paraná State (SEBRAE). During the eBay Inc.

David London, Senior Director, U.S. State Government Relations, eBay Inc.; Ted Howes, Director, Advisory Services, BSR (Moderator); Jeremy Rodriguez, Data Center Distinguished Engineer, eBay Inc.

Devin Whitney (Manager, State Government Relations, eBay Inc.), Senator Heath Mello, Senate candidate John Murante, Senator Beau McCoy, Brian Waldron (Lead Manager, Business Performance, PayPal), Linda Dugan (VP, Global Operations NA, PayPal) and Richard Nash (Director of Global Government Relations, eBay Inc.)