So, it sounds like you’re trying to figure out how to manage customer expectations, and figure out where your policies are in relation to your booth neighbours.
If other vendors are setting the expectation that customers get a discount on venmo transactions, that seems odd, because it’s all electronically recorded even with the personal account option. Most farmers I work with deal with million dollar operations, so they’re subject to RevCan scrutiny and I can’t see it being that different in the US. So it’s probably worth talking some shop with your booth neighbours. Are they in fact giving discounts, or is the sales tax buried in their sticker price? As long as it’s documented and recorded on the receipt properly, that could be a viable possibility, or a workaround for yourself. As long as your area doesn’t have a rule against it, that is.
If the other vendors aren’t setting an example of cash or Venmo discounts and someone gives you side eye about taxes, this usually means that you’ve got some customer audacity on your hands, and there’s a lot of ways this can be dealt with. If anyone ever needs help with scripting, I’m pretty good at it, and I can walk folks through the principles of how to do it yourself. You can set boundaries and hold them firmly without being rude or harsh.
Personally, I don’t discount the sales tax percent for cash sales. I don’t offer my customers explanations, because that leaves wiggle room for arguments I’m not interested in having. “It’s not my policy to do that,” or “RevCan takes a dim view of that,” is the most they usually get. Your customers aren’t entitled to your financial practices.
