Meta Brown writes:

> Where is it written that a mart open only to convention attendees
> is not subject to the same taxation as other sales of the same
> products in the same community?

Meta, everyone is subject to sales tax when transactions take place
in a specific state or community.  Personal transactions are up to the
individuals to report and pay the sales tax.

On the other hand, many states require flea market vendors and the like
to register with the state with their sales tax department, report all
sales, make sales tax payments, file annual tax returns and generally
be responsible for a great deal of paperwork.

This can become a bureaucratic nightmare, often requires a fee to
register, and then may involve tax reporting for years following,
even though the registration was to cover only a single event.
Personal transactions, though, can be taken care of with a simple,
one-time payment and it gets the MBSI out of the loop.

That is, of course, only one of the issues determining MBSI mart policy
and certainly not the major one.

Bob Conant