German Whores Pay Herr Taxman
Dec 15th, 2024 by Madeline Glass
As the only German city that places a direct tax on women working in the world’s oldest profession, the city of Cologne is slated to receive a record 828,000 euros ($1.1 million) in sex tax revenues in 2006, an increase of about 38,000 euros over 2005, a city spokesman told the German ddp news agency on Friday.
A global pioneer in taxing prostitutes, Cologne instituted the 150-euro per month tax in 2004, replacing voluntary reporting scheme. This year Germany’s fourth-largest city also instituted a “part-time” prostitute tax of six euros per day after authorities said a many prostitutes proved they only worked a few days a month and were being taxed unfairly. (more. . .)
via deutsche welle