Ebay slammed for Internet tax scare tactics

Online retail giant eBay came under hostile fire Thursday for its tactics in opposing a broadly embraced congressional plan to make it easier for midsize to large internet companies to collect state sales taxes.

The largest coalition of supporters of the pending legislation, the Marketplace Fairness Coalition, which includes large and small retailers including Amazon and Best Buy, slammed eBay President John Donahoe’s comments to the Wall Street Journal this week that small retailers would drown in paperwork if the law was passed, as expected this week.