Posted on 04/15/2005 7:48:19 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Nevada Lawmakers Consider Taxing Brothels
Fri Apr 15, 8:26 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nevada lawmakers are considering a bill that would tax the state's 28 legal brothels, the only regulated bordellos in the United States.
The brothels pay local taxes and license fees but have never been taxed by the state, which under the bill would impose a 10 percent tax on drinks and food and collect a $2 fee on each customer.
The Nevada Brothel Association backs the bill, but not all bordello owners think it is a good idea.
Dennis Hof, owner of Moonlite BunnyRanch in Carson City, where the HBO "Cathouse" television show is filmed, said a bordello tax would be "ridiculous."
"I'm paying big license fees," Hof said of the fees he pays to operate two bordellos in Lyon County. "If you had two McDonald's and sell 50 million hamburgers a year, it would cost you $300. I sell a little bit of sex and it costs me $200,000 a year. That's enough."
The bill's sponsor, Democratic Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, could not be immediately be reached for contact.
Greg Bortolin, a spokesman for Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn, said the governor did not support the tax bill because he did not want to break with the tradition of managing legalized prostitution at the local level in rural counties and because he opposed new taxes.
Nevada lawmakers are also taking up a bill that would impose a 10 percent tax on strip clubs. The general counsel of the America Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has warned lawmakers the bill, if passed, would be overturned by the courts since stripping is constitutionally protected free expression and cannot be singled out for a tax.
DfM, thanks for this one. The mind boggles at the multitude of taxes and enforcement schemes for brothels. Let the tasteless jokes begin!
Never mind. Just FReepmail me your zingers.
The famed Nevada HO-TAX !!!!!
Those places will nipple and dime you.
The NBA? What are the odds.
Glad to see the ACLU digging in for a REAL cause.
Run the Boy Scouts outta business, but we can't have a t!tty tax now can we.
TITTITAX
They sure they called all the brothels?
ROFLMAO!!! If I were drinking, I would have dowsed my monitor...
Good maybe we'll start taxing abortion procedures soon !
$2 a piece?
Actually, it would cost your customers 200 thou a year.
Now you can get screwed twice in one visit.
"Good maybe we'll start taxing abortion procedures soon !"
Damn thats a good idea my friend. If any of the Republicans had balls they would make it like a 2 million dollar a year liscence to practice abortion in their state.
Or simply have a 100% tax on the procedure costs, as a way to reduce useage. Same logic the lefties use on cigarette taxes hey?
Bwahahahahah
The neophyte young boy goes to buy his first condom. The sales lady says "that'll be $2.18 with tax". The guy replies "I was wondering on you kept those things on".
Ouch, that smarts! :-0
Hopefully it won't be a flat tax.
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