----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There was a recent inquiry on ARLIS-L regarding the possibility of exemption from sales tax for the ARLIS/NA annual conference. The Art Libraries Society of North America is exempt from income taxes for activities related to its nonprofit, educational, exempt purposes. However, it is not sales-tax exempt. ARLIS/NA routinely pays sales tax and income tax on unrelated business activities, such as advertising and mailing label sales. --Penney De Pas, CAE, Executive Director --Susan Kruse, Conference Manager