On the bright side the tax would be levied per session and not per hour. Via the Las Vegas Sun:
CARSON CITY – Sen. Bob Coffin, D-Las Vegas, proposed a tax on prostitution today that he says could raise $2 million a year for the state.
Patrons of prostitutes — both legal and illegal — would pay an extra $5 tax per session under the bill, which Coffin said was his idea alone.
In the runup to the legislative session, a lobbyist for the state’s legal brothels volunteered to be taxed, an effort that some said would guarantee their continued survival…
“I think we will support it,” George Flint, a spokesman for the state’s brothel industry, said of Coffin’s bill.
There are eight “major” brothels in the rural counties, where they are legal, and 17 smaller houses of prostitution, said Flint. The minimum charges range from $100 to $200…
Part of the receipts would be used to finance an “ombudsman for sex workers” who would help prostitutes who have complaints or want to leave prostitution and enter another profession.
Asked how the state could collect the tax from the independent street walkers, Coffin said that the business tax, when first imposed, wasn’t collected from all of those who were required to pay it.
As a new tax, the bill would require a two-thirds vote for passage.
What sort of qualifications are required for this “ombudsman” gig? Is “collecting from street walkers” part of the job description? Because if so, we’re not interested.
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