Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Jim Joyce, books, vendor booths, etc.
Message-ID: <1989Jul1.211419.26127@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <15866@vail> <22900004@prisma> <270@ncis.tis.llnl.gov>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 89 21:14:19 GMT

In article <270@ncis.tis.llnl.gov> mcb@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch) writes:
>> Sales on the exhibition floor are expressly prohibited by the
>> IRS in the statutes governing our not-for-profit status.
>> Our attorney insists the laws are quite explicit...
>
>A large number of nonprofit organizations sponsor events in which
>a sale is held incidental to other activities, for example science
>fiction/fantasy and comics conventions where there are dealers'
>rooms with retail sales...

As I understand it, there are several (many?) slightly-differing flavors
of nonprofit organization; the rules differ.

(I too would be curious to know where the difference comes, but I am
not surprised that there is one.)
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