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OK. I just spoke with my lawyer and the State Board of Equalization as well as the San Jose sellers permit office. The only allowable by pass for a minor to sell at the show is to use a sellers permit number issued to his or her parents. Please note that any sales made must be reported and the tax burden is carried by the parent. If whatever is sold is not reported on your parents taxes for the next sales and use quarter they are the ones that get fined or audited. Just some safety issues to think about before anybody sneaks into daddies desk. If your 18 and you have a social security card and or a drivers license there is no reason not to run downtown and get one. Like delightful posted, they did it right there on site fast and simple. More and more conventions are being spot checked by the F.B.I. every year so don't chance getting busted. It is a simple thing to take care of, you have to do it every year if you come to the show, and it protects you from the big evil government. Thanks delightful for posting that info.

This is for everyone that hasn't read the rest of the postings in this forum. If you are going to attend this show, or any other for that fact, you must have a seller's permit or a business license. If you only do a show once or twice a year you can apply for a temporary seller's permit with the city at...
www.sanjoseca.gov or you can google san jose seller's permit and you will see a link on that search for the application PDF. Getting a seller's permit takes 2 or 3 weeks so if you're going to get it you had better step it up. The city says 2 or 3 weeks but it could take longer. If you download the PDF it has full instructions and contact info to direct you to the correct office. If you submit it in person you can ask about getting it sooner it may help. A permit usually doesn't cost anything but they may ask for a deposit to safeguard against any collectible taxes. To all the other questions, can I get one at the show, can I send it in after the show, can I legally sell stuff without it, can I use an expired number, can I use my sister, brother, father, mother, boyfriend, girlfriend, cousin, friend, dog, cat, gold fish, or hamsters the answer is NO! So everybody that doesn't have a permit yet get to that site and get that paper work rollin.

Hi akewataru:
 Just so you know, you must have a sellers permit in your name to legally sell your work. Your sister didn't do the work therefor has no legal rights to sell it. She can purchase it from you and sell it for you but then she needs to be present to sell it as well as take responsibility for any and all tax burdens. The city can issue you a temporary sellers permit for the dates of the show if you apply for it. It's the same kind of permit people use to sell at flea markets a couple times a year. In retrospect, a full business license and resale certificate is, I think, only 75.00. Mine is only 150.00 a year but I've been in business for 25 years so I have to keep mine current. The 75.00 dollar one might be a one time fee if it's for a hobby or occasional sales. Not sure about that, you would have to check with the city. As far as the whacky contract and seating chart goes, it was the same last year. No email response, no seating chart, and no way to get in touch with anybody till the show. I just did everything at the show when I got there last year and it only took a few minuets. Hope that helps.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CONTRACT. Is it real, invisible, in Japanese, or do the rest of us not know the secret hand shake? I waited for months for a link to the colony to be posted on the main website just to find it by accident in the forum. And now we have the mystery contract that nobody seems to have, save one poster I saw in the forum link, and we can't proceed with our table reservations or registration without it. Hold on let me go back a second. O.K. I'm back. Let's see here, Aya Brea has the contract, so if you could just scan it and send it out we can fix this problem on our own. In fact you can send it to me or anybody that you know in the colony and we can just chain mail it to whoever doesn't have it. More than likely they have one poor soul who is expected to answer all of our emails and do 200 other things at the same time. If we can help distribute the proper paper work we all need than let us help you, Fanime Staff, get it done. Sorry, didn't mean to prattle on, but we only have 3 days left to meet the cons deadline and I find it hard to concentrate on drawing when stuff like this is hanging. I don't want to see this turn into a peanut cluster like San Diego Comic Con has become. Let it be known that I am not trying to single anybody out or step on toes. I just want to see all the attending artist get their stuff done so the staff workers can get their stuff done, that's all. In short, if we can help let us know. I do have blank contracts from San Diego and Wonder Con that I can modify for this show if that would work. Just a thought.