re: Louisiana Sales Tax - Special Events - Paging Poodlebrain; LSUFanHouston

OMG.

This has got to be a direct result of all the crap the legislature passed in the special session.

Have you or the person running the booth discussed this with the festival organizers?

In no way would I write anyone from LDR a check today from 10 am to 4 pm. If you owe money, you can pay it next month.

EDIT: What I mean to say is that I believe someone will owe sales tax on these booth sales, as all the various exemptions for festivals have been eliminated. But I think this is something the festival itself should be involved in or at least aware of. I'm guessing there is some sort of contract between the booth and the festival and that contract may stipulate who is responsible for what. It may even be that the booth is not even technically the seller, it may just be selling on behalf of the festival.

All this is meant to say, it's complex, you need to discuss it with the festival (along with all the other vendors) and you definitely do not need to, or should, give LDR anything today.

EDIT 2: Sales tax reports and payments are due to the state the 20th of the following month. There is no special rule for festivals or anything like that. The LDR person may be telling people he'll accept their money now "as a convenience" so you don't have to worry about doing after the fact.

I sure hope this is a rouge who thinks if he can show up Monday morning with some checks that he'll get thanks from his superiors, and not an official LDR decision to go shake down and scare vendors to get money today because the state is in such poor cash flow situation.