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    CYBERSPACE - An Iowa Senator has called for a new tax on the sex trade in the United States without adding equal provisions for additional support services or protections for sex workers there. From CNN:
    "The bill also calls for more jail time for sex workers. According to Grassley's office, in the past, the IRS has been saddled with having to prove how much income a sexual worker earned in order to show that he or she has not been paying enough income tax. Grassley's proposal will help overcome those obstacles. For example, if a trafficker has failed to file W-2s for five women (employees), the maximum penalty would be 10 years in prison per failure to file, a total of 50 years."



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    Carol Leigh, a representative of BAYSWAN, a San Francisco Bay area sex worker advocacy network, criticized the legislation as being shortsighted.

    "Forced labor, kidnapping should be targeted, but this legislation broadly targets the sex trade in general, and could target your local strip club," Leigh said. "Those of us who work in the industry understand that this does nothing to improve conditions in our industry.

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    Default Re: New Taxes For Sex Trade - New IRS Office

    Allow me to find that thread that said a republican controlled congress wouldn't have any effect on the biz.

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    Is this really necessary??? Is it the same for others that don't file, or are we just getting singled out because they can't accurately determine how much we make? I'm sure we're not the ONLY workers who work off of tips....I just see this as a way to attack the industry.

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    Default Re: New Taxes For Sex Trade - New IRS Office

    leave it to the state i live in.


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    Default Re: New Taxes For Sex Trade - New IRS Office

    I believe Melonie posted this same article today in Dollar Den.

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