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    (snip)"PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Nutter administration has lost in its legal battle to tax lap dances performed in the back rooms of strip clubs.

    Lawyers for the city had gone before Common Pleas judge Ellen Ceisler, arguing that the city’s Tax Review Board last year was wrong when it said the city’s amusement tax was too vague to be applied to lap dances.

    But Judge Ceisler, ruling from the bench, today upheld the board and quickly threw out the appeal.

    “The ruling is simply that the (tax) ordinance, as it exists, as it’s currently worded, doesn’t cover lap dances,” says attorney George Bochetto (at left below), who represents two of the three clubs that were being taxed. “If the city wants to tax lap dances, they can go to City Council, ask City Council to amend the ordinance, and they can start imposing a tax on lap dances. Or anything else they want: karaoke songs, piano playing. Anything they want. But you have to put it in the ordinance. You just can’t make it up as you go along.”

    Club Risqué and Cheerleaders, represented by Bochetto, faced tax bills totaling nearly $900,000. A third club, Delilah’s, was assessed more than $630,000 in back taxes, interest, and penalties for lap dances.(snip)


    Of course this doesn't stop the city from re-writing their amusement tax ordinance to impose a tax on lap dances in the future. But it does remove a huge potential bill for unpaid past taxes on lap dances for Philly strip clubs.

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    Default Re: 'Strip Clubs' WIN one for a change - Lap Dance Tax thrown out of court

    Glad to hear it. Was a desperate money grab from the city. Here is hoping if any clubs paid it they will be refunded.
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    Default Re: 'Strip Clubs' WIN one for a change - Lap Dance Tax thrown out of court

    More likely a desperate attempt to put some clubs out of business.
    I loved going to strip clubs; I actually made some friends there. Now things are different for the clubs and for me. As a result I am not as happy.

    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

    NOTE: anything I post here, outside of a direct quote, is my opinion only, which I am entitled to. Take it for what you estimate it is worth.

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