Yes I am thinking of venturing into the Christmas Craft Sale experience...stay tuned for locations!
The logistics are many (display, how much stock do I need?, business cards? etc.) but the real nitty gritty came in a few lines in an application form I was filling out. "The vendor is responsible for all sales tax and permits".
Permits? Tax? Yikes! Google searches came up with dire warnings about absolutely needing to charge tax and have a permit or your booth could be shut down. I decided to call Canada revenue agency directly!
It took a few phone calls and some run-arounds between the federal offices and the provincial office(hello Canada revenue agency I just started making jewellery and want to try to sell a few earrings...) and luckily I learned the rules have changed recently. Relief! I don't need a permit (although the lady on the other end of the phone would not say that, it is what I had to surmise. She would only say 'we don't issue them, there aren't any' and 'you must have an old form'.) I had to check back and forth between the two offices, but they were patient in letting me figure it out gradually.
RST isn't around anymore, as we now have the HST, I don't need to worry about sales tax as I will earn below the threshold. Relief again.
This applies to me in Ontario...crafters elsewhere find out for yourselves what your province requires. Google is good, but for the latest hit the phones! They are pretty friendly actually, and not one person laughed :-)
