Craft Business Ideas
Arts & Crafts Business Help
Issue #2 June 26, 2000
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. Letters to the editor - questions and answers
2. Getting funded through grant money for crafts
3. Internet tools!
4. Subscription Management
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1. Letters to the editor
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We got letters with questions Maybe you have been wondering
yourself about:
Question: What is the difference between a business license
and a wholesale number?
Answer: You get a business license from the county
courthouse where you operate your business. There is
usually an annual fee and it is simply a government tax
on your business. It really isn't good for much other
than keeping the government from fining you.
A wholesale number is, in most cases, the same number
appearing on a "sales tax identification certificate"
issued by your state government. This number identifies
you as a business that sells to the public and collects
sales tax from each retail sale made (in your state).
Collected sales tax money is then turned over to the state
by you every quarter, 6 months, annually or however your
state requires. You aren't required to collect sales tax
on sales you make out of your state or to businesses or
wholesale accounts - this is where the
term "wholesale number" comes from.
Your state taxation department will explain how the
procedure works. To get a number for your business, go
to your local "taxation and revenue" department for your
state. (Thanks Laurel for allowing me to reprint your
question.)
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2. Getting Funded Through Grant Money for Crafts
By James Dillehay
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I recently completed a new book called "The Directory of
Grants for Crafts" and discovered many giving programs
for craft artists. One such program pays the winning artist's
(and spouse and kids) airfare to Japan, pays their living
expenses, pays them for Japanese language courses and a
stipend while they are in Japan.
That's one of many types of support craft artists can
receive from federal government, local arts agencies,
private and community foundations, public arts programs,
artists-in-residencies and much more.
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3 . Subscription Management
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