The online shopping site eBay Inc. and its subsidiary StubHub Inc. have been sued by the city of Chicago for allegedly failing to collect taxes required by the city on tickets sold through its Web sites. (EBAY) More: continued here
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The city of Chicago is suing eBay and its subsidiary StubHub for failing to collect city amusement taxes on concert and sporting event tickets sold through the Web sites. Chicago’s amusement tax ordinance includes Internet sites that resell tickets, but eBay,… More: continued here
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