No pussy tax… yet!
Nevada lawmakers squeamish about prostitution tax
Nevada taxes you when you have a drink, when you catch a show and when you buy some smokes — and of course it gets a piece of your action at the casino. But if you’re looking for a sin-tax haven, you could head to a brothel.
The state has not collected a dollar in taxes from prostitution since it was legalized in rural counties more than 30 years ago, and it’s doubtful that it will anytime soon.
A bill that would levy a $5 tax on sex acts appears to have no chance in the Legislature, even though the state is facing a more than $2.8 billion revenue shortfall.
\”I don’t know why people won’t recognize that we have a legal industry,\” said Sen. Bob Coffin, who is pushing for a tax on the world’s oldest profession. \”I’m willing to go in and do the dirty work if no one else will.\”
Coffin, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Taxation Committee, said the state is desperate for revenue and he \”will go anywhere\” to find it, including the state’s 25 legal brothels.
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