On-location photographers - do you need a business permit for each town you work in?

[Robert_Maxey]

It all depends on the town Bylaws. Like I said I have a business license from my small town. There are 250 people here. The next closest community has 8000 and when i asked them(City Hall/Town Office) about covering events in Drumheller they told me I needed a business license or a vendors permit for the day. Now whether or not they catch you is a different story. But in small communities all it takes is one person to complain and start trouble for you like what happened.

Perhaps we are so accustomed to doing things like operating sans licenses, we are amazed and upset that the laws requiring things like licenses exist.