[Ansteorra] Merchanting Info.

Stephanie Drake steldr at cox.net
Mon Oct 9 06:45:06 PDT 2006


The last I heard from the Kingdom Reeve's office, however, they did not want
us collecting sales tax so we were limited to only having merchants with OK
tax Id's.
Mercedes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Yeager" <chuymonstre at yahoo.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Merchanting Info.


> I believe the bond is $600 in CASH or a surety bond
> that no one will issue.  They will not issue a tax ID
> unless you have a fixed address in Oklahoma (which we
> discovered after being given the WRONG information by
> someone in the Oklahoma tax office).  Alternately,
> persons hosting weekend events can collect the sales
> tax from the merchants and submit it with the sales
> tax they are suppose to be collecting for the
> admission to the events.
>
> Cuan mac Niall
>
> --- David Backlin <edrei at smythkepe.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Michael Silverhands"
> > <silverhands at sbcglobal.net>
> >
> > >
> > > They required that all merchants have a valid
> > Oklahoma state Tax ID
> > > (if I recall correctly) for purposes of collecting
> > sales tax -- 
> > > effectively eliminating "casual/amateur"
> > merchanting. But
> > > "professional" merchants should be in the clear,
> > since of course they
> > > already have a valid Tax ID for every state they
> > operate in, are
> > > collecting sales tax on everything they sell, and
> > are reporting it to
> > > the appropriate state authorities.
> > >
> >
> > Does Oklahoma still require a $500 bond for out of
> > state merchants? I cannot afford such a thing, so
> > have no Oklahoma ID and thus do not merchant in
> > Oklahoma.
> >
> > Most states, to my knowledge, do not require a
> > deposit/bond as long as you report on time.
> >
> > Some events will charge a merchant fee &/or require
> > a donation to the prize chest. It depends on the
> > group and depends on the event. Each event & each
> > event site may have its own quirks regarding
> > merchants so it's always best to check ahead of time
> > to see what the rules are. For example: in one
> > state, the state parks specify where vendors can
> > set-up and often frown upon vendors who wish to camp
> > in their booth, while I've known some groups to
> > frown upon merchants altogether.
> >
> > There are several SCA merchant discussion lists
> > where you can get more information. Two of the main
> > ones are: sca-merchants at yahoogroups.com  and
> > sca_merchants at yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ld Edrei the Quiet
> > (mka David Backlin)
> > Merchant and Adventurer
> > Shire of Smythkepe
> >
> >
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