vision2020
Re: sales tax at Moscow Renaissance Fair
Bill,
Girl Scout cookies have been taxed in Idaho for many years.
I assume the reason is because you are selling a value added product. Sales
tax has nothing to do with making profits.
Easy way around it is simply to make a donation, but don't expect to eat it.
Also many of your nonprofit groups have their supplies donated. I know, I
helped my daughter's troop at the fair for several years. One of the few
things that they couldn't get donated where those ridiculous recyclable
utensils, that were made mandatory by the fair board. You know, the ones
that melted in your hand. They cost much more than regular plastic utensils
AND you had to pay sales tax on them.
Cliff Todd
Timberland Recovery
2218 East D St
Moscow, Id 83843
(208) 882-5844
forester@moscow.com
----- Original Message -----
From: bill london <bill_london@hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>; <RingoShirl@aol.com>; <RepTrail@infotrail.com>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:37 PM
Subject: sales tax at Moscow Renaissance Fair
> For the first time, the state of Idaho is enforcing the sales tax
> requirement at the Moscow Renaissance Fair.
>
> The state has created a new form (ST-124) to collect sales tax from both
the
> craft booths and the food booths at fairs across Idaho.
>
> I can see the sense of having individual entrepreneurs (like the artisans
> who sell their handmade wares at the Moscow Renaissance Fair) pay sales
tax
> as if they were operating a little storefront for the 2 days of the fair.
> They are making money for themselves, and competing with established
stores.
>
> What does not make sense to me is to make the non-profit community groups
> that sell food at the Moscow Renaissance Fair pay the sales tax as well.
>
> Food at the Moscow Renaissance Fair is only sold by local non-profit
groups.
> The fair has created this opportunity for local groups to raise the
money
> they need. Because of their food sales at the fair, the local Boy Scout
> troop has purchased new camping gear, to cite just one example.
>
> The problem is that the sales tax is charged on the total sales, not just
> the profit. If the group sells $2000 worth of food at the fair, but paid
> $1000 for the ingredients, it has earned $1000 for its program. But with
> the 5% sales tax charged on its $2000 worth of sales ($100),it actually
has
> earned only $900.
>
> It does not seem to me that the enforcement of this sales tax requirement
> for non-profit groups selling food at the Moscow Renaissance Fair is a
good
> idea.
>
> I wonder what our Representatives think of this? BL
>
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