If the internet is taxed, the flea markets should be taxed as well.
Nearby Cypress College has a flea market every weekend;there could be 500 or more merchants and thousands of customers each day. No Sales Tax.
Actually when I worked the Flea Markets in Raleigh NC on the state fairgrounds we were taxed by the state and fed. Now you might not know this but I took this to be business and filed state and federal taxes even had a fed tax id. I incorporated the taxes into the price. When someone said it was unfair that I did not tax my customers, I quietly and politely explained to them that this peice of merchandise cost this much and the tax was this much which was then added together to form a price. My prices were not usually haggled over. I even had to pay a county tax.
As far as other flea market vendors go, I can tell you those around me established a business and claim they paid taxes on their sales.
the die hard flea market vendors usually had a business set up and paid their taxes. It was the flea market vendor who came infrequently that did not pay taxes.
What I am trying to say here is that just because you don’t see a sales tax at a flea market doesn’t mean one isn’t being charged. I kept this hidden (to portray the image the customer wasn’t paying a sales tax) by incorporating it into my price. I do know full well that State of NC went after those who did not pay taxes on the sales of their merchandise.