[Namron] Fw: [Ansteorra-announce] Revision to Ban on Merchanting in Oklahoma

Cellach Ferguson cellach at breezykilt.com
Thu Aug 7 16:21:43 PDT 2003


This was posted to Ansteorra-announce this afternoon.. yay!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Fitzmorgan at aol.com>
To: <northern at ansteorra.org>; <ansteorra-announce at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:21 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra-announce] Revision to Ban on Merchanting in Oklahoma


>           Oklahoma passed a new law in May that went into effect in July.
It
> appears that this law would have the effect of making SCA groups in
Oklahoma
> responsible for collecting and sending to the State of Oklahoma, sales tax
> collected from merchants who sell at our events.  At this time it is not
clear
> how this applies to us or what procedures need to be implemented to
enforce this
> law.  People have been in contact with the Oklahoma Tax Commission and
have
> been told that this law would not apply to merchants who already have a
valid
> Oklahoma Sales Tax permit.  They would collect and remit their own sales
tax as
> usual.
>        The Kingdom Seneschal has instructed that for the month of August,
> only merchants who produce a valid Oklahoma Sales Tax permit may merchant
at an
> SCA event in Oklahoma.  This is a change from the previously announced ban
on
> all merchanting in Oklahoma.   We do not know yet what policies will be in
> effect for September.
>        During the month of August the Kingdom Seneschal will be looking
into
> this matter further and will determine how this new law will effect us and
> will announce any changes in policy that are necessary.
>        The only event in Oklahoma in August is Wiesenfeuer Baronial.  If
you
> know of any merchants who are not online who might be attending this event
> please let them know about this.
>
> Robert Fitzmorgan
> Northern Regional Seneschal
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