G&P the local grain malter where we have been group buying our bulk grain. That they have been investigated, fined, and would no longer sell to anyone without a tax number.
"we have determined that we are potentially at odds with federal and provincial tax laws by selling directly to non-registered business entities. Effective immediately a new policy for selling to Home Brewing Groups. In order to continue to serve you we will need to hold your organization name and tax id on file." "We were audited last year and provided a fine. I am not doing this moving forward so we cannot legally sell to anyone that does not have a proper business #"

This of course is quite a pain for a club as small as ours. We could be a non-profit or a co-op but having just expanded from being a bunch of guys that meet in someone's garage that's quite a big step for us. G&P seem to been under fire for selling to clubs and individuals, have any other clubs out there heard from your local matler that they are also having this problem?