Internet sales tax fight returns to Congress

Apparently, eBay is preparing to amplify its attack on a proposed law that would usher in sales taxes on Internet shopping.

The online auctioneer plans to tell a congressional panel considering the legislation tomorrow that the measure would merely consolidate the market power of Amazon.com and the largest big box retailers while putting eBay's small sellers out of business. In fact, says Tod Cohen, eBay's deputy general counsel, online retailers with less than $10 million in sales--eBay sellers, in other words--have seen their share of electronic commerce fall from 31 percent in 2008 to 19 percent in 2010.