A word about Flea Market table rentals...

...and please don't shoot the messenger!

The Arkansas River Valley Hamfest has been notified by the State of Arkansas Dept. of Finance & Administration that all hamfest sales are subject to state, county, and city sales taxes.  Admission and table rentals are subject to this tax and ARV Hamfest collects the sales tax for those purchases.  However, anything sold from a Flea Market table is also subject to sales tax collection.  You, as the seller, is responsible for collecting and submitting the sales tax.  On hamfest day, each Flea Market seller will receive an envelope containing a sales tax form for self-reporting your sales and sales tax payment.  The form and sales tax payment must be sealed in the envelope and returned to the Arkansas River Valley Hamfest, as agent for the State of Arkansas,  by the end of the day.  If you do not return the sealed envelope to ARV Hamfest by the end of the day, the State of Arkansas Dept. of Finance & Administration will very likely contact you directly for sales tax collection and possible fines!

The Arkansas River Valley Hamfest, and it's sponsor, the Arkansas River Valley Amateur Radio Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) organization, regrets that the State of Arkansas does not recognize certain non-profit organizations as tax exempt, but the only way to possibly change the law is by litigation or legislation.