City Of Dallas Proposes $25 Permit To Have A Yard Sale

[Rael]

Two Dallas City Council members have proposed charging a $25 fee next year to anyone who wants to have a garage sale in city limits.

City managers have floated the idea of charging $5, as a way to help balance next year's tough budget.

Council members Delia Jasso and Dwaine Caraway upped the ante today in a memo to City Manager Mary Suhm.

"We recommend the fee should be $25," the memo said.

Jasso and Caraway estimate the fee could bring in $500,000 next year, and they recommend the money go toward senior dental services, cultural affairs programs, graffiti removal and animal services.

I'm not sure how they estimated the $500,000, but I think one relevant question is: will the number of garage sales go down significantly if a $25 fee is attached? Will that decrease the revenue estimate?

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/09/post-11.html

[ItsTime]

The city is never out of money if they can find something new to tax.

[mconder]

The real agenda behind this is so you have registered and they can try to get sales tax from ya too.

[Seraphim]

The real agenda behind this is so you have registered and they can try to get sales tax from ya too.

I believe you are right.

[2young2vote]

Who has garage sales? Millionaires who live on mile long gated drive ways, or middle to lower class people trying to earn money for themselves?

I love how those comments are calling the small "flea market" type things that happen every weekend a form of Urban Blight. You know what i think? I think their insistent proposals to stop the "little guy" from making money is a form of Moral Blight. They are having absolutely no rights taken away by these people having sales on their own property, yet they still feel the need to control what is not their own.

[Jodi]

Our town imposed a $5.00 fee for garage sales about 2 yrs ago, when one of the citizens complained about their neighbor leaving appliances in the yard all summer long. Our town population is about 1500.

[Stary Hickory]

Hey Dallas maybe you should cut your bloated government you useless sacks of shit.

[james1906]

People will just sell on craigslist, and donate whatever doesn't sell to charity.

[Kregisen]

If this happens I imagine you'll see many less garage sales and many more craigslist postings....until they try to tax craigslist too.



Our town imposed a $5.00 fee for garage sales about 2 yrs ago, when one of the citizens complained about their neighbor leaving appliances in the yard all summer long. Our town population is about 1500.

With the exception of an HOA, how the hell is that anyone's business but the homeowner's??? Can't people use their yard as they see fit if they aren't infringing on the rights of others???? I guess not.

[james1906]

until they try to tax craigslist too.


They'll just shut all of craigslist down because they can't stop the hookers.

[LibForestPaul]

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Citizens who choose to vote against liberty will have more proposals such as this imposed upon them and their families.

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[libertybrewcity]

very sad. The last form of the freemarket is coming to an end.

[ViniVidiVici]

Hey Dallas maybe you should cut your bloated government you useless sacks of shit.

+1 :D

<---ex-Dallas resident

[Golding]

I agree that the scheme is to get money forcing registration to facilitate taxation. "You do the work of gathering the money, and we'll collect it from you."

Better off just selling on Craigslist. You tend to have better chances of profit anyway, since it reaches farther.

[oyarde]

This is simple , if you live there , vote against any dimwit that supported this .

[legion]

This won't affect anybody, because the actual city of Dallas is the size of a postage stamp. Dallas didn't annex everything in sight like most major cities.

[MozoVote]

And then the state of Texas will want a record of sales receipts for the sales taxes.

And the IRS too.

All they gotta do is pull the permit lists, to know who held yard sales.

[oyarde]

And then the state of Texas will want a record of sales receipts for the sales taxes.

And the IRS too.

All they gotta do is pull the permit lists, to know who held yard sales.

Yes

[jsu718]

This is why Craigslist exists...

[Danke]

They should be grateful it is not $125!

[speciallyblend]

75 dollars to have chickens in our town. I plan to have chickens and not pay the 75 dollar fee so something will come to a head in 2011 summer!!

[Minuteman2012]

very sad. The last form of the freemarket is coming to an end.

You didn't think they would let it survive would you?

[oyarde]

75 dollars to have chickens in our town. I plan to have chickens and not pay the 75 dollar fee so something will come to a head in 2011 summer!!

Well , 75 dollars would certainly wipe out any savings you would attain buy raising your own chickens / eggs . What is the penalty if you have the chickens and not the evil govt. chicken permit ?

[MelissaWV]

People will just sell on craigslist, and donate whatever doesn't sell to charity.

The charity thing is actually not bad for many things. Furniture, in particular, that doesn't sell is greatly appreciated by Salvation Army and Veterans' organizations, since most of the donations seem to be clothes and stuff. Old electronics are also nice, because some charities train people to repair them (and no one cares if one of the "students" screws it up), which can lead to jobs in the future.

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The way to "get around" a per instance fee like this is to consolidate your instances. The trouble comes with all the taxation implications associated with the sales. I don't remember who sponsors it, but I know that in Morgantown there's a mass garage sale once or twice a year. You bring your stuff there and sell it at a stall/booth. The advantage, of course, is that you attract a massive crowd and there's a lot of swapping that goes on. The disadvantage is that it draws the attention of the folks who want "their" tax dollars from your venture.

[bruce leeroy]

this is ridiculous
I would LOVE to see the city enforce this south of the trinity river LOL
and to think Im thinking of moving back to the cliff next year