The Australian Tax Office is conducting a sting on unscrupulous eBay users who attempt to avoid paying tax on income earned through the site.The auction site informed its users recently that the ATO had requested detailed personal information of Australian members who sold more than $50,000 worth of goods on the site during the tax years ending June 2006 and June 2007, as well as those members who earned more than $75,000 in the year ending June 2008.
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