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== The City of Reno ==
The City of Reno requires that all sellers have a Reno Business License. If a [[merchant]] does not have a city license we will provide one for a small fee. The license fee is imposed by the city. The convention does not set the amount and we keep no part of it. The provided license is only valid at the convention and for the duration of the convention.
The City of Reno requires that all sellers have a Reno Business License. If a [[Merchant]] does not have a city license, we will provide one for a small fee. The fee is a city fee and is NOT set by the convention. We keep no part of that fee. The provided license is only valid at the convention for the duration of the convention


The city also requires that people or businesses which are advertising themselves (such as handing out business cards or fliers) also have a city license. They consider this as "conducting business." This is a city policy which we have not seen elsewhere.
The license requirement also applies to people or businesses advertising themselves, e.g. handing out business cards or fliers. The city considers such actions to be "conducting business". This is a city policy which we have not seen elsewhere. The convention has no control over this policy.


== Nevada Sellers ==
Even if a seller has a State of Nevada business license they will still need a City of Reno business license. Sellers who have a state sales tax ID number will enter that number on the sales tax return at the end of con rather than paying us the sales tax.
If a seller has a state business license but not a city business license, they will still need a city business license.
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If the seller has a state sales tax ID number, they will put that number on the sales tax return at the end of con rather than paying us the sales tax.

Latest revision as of 16:45, 13 February 2015

The City of Reno requires that all sellers have a Reno Business License. If a merchant does not have a city license we will provide one for a small fee. The license fee is imposed by the city. The convention does not set the amount and we keep no part of it. The provided license is only valid at the convention and for the duration of the convention.

The license requirement also applies to people or businesses advertising themselves, e.g. handing out business cards or fliers. The city considers such actions to be "conducting business". This is a city policy which we have not seen elsewhere. The convention has no control over this policy.

Even if a seller has a State of Nevada business license they will still need a City of Reno business license. Sellers who have a state sales tax ID number will enter that number on the sales tax return at the end of con rather than paying us the sales tax.