Back in May, two clubs in Portland, OR were investigated for tax fraud by undercover federal agents (for at least one of those clubowners, tax evasion might be the least of his worries). Now similar news comes from Queens, where Robert Potenza—owner of the excellently named Gallagher’s 2000—has been in court explaining how difficult it… Continue reading Strip Club Owners: Pay Your Damn Taxes, Pt. 2
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Strip Club Owners: Pay Your Damn Taxes
Natalia tweeted this photo during a raid that happened at the Dolphin II in Beaverton, OR last month. It wasn’t a drug raid but a tax one, as it turns out, the consequence of an undercover investigation. Portland’s Willamette Week published this story about a federal investigation into tax misbehavior by the owners of Portland’s… Continue reading Strip Club Owners: Pay Your Damn Taxes
Five Reasons Sex Workers File Their Damn Taxes
1) Tax returns are the only proof of income you have if you’re self-employed and paid mostly, if not entirely, in cash. 2) It’s far better for the IRS to have your numbers to start with than to let them come up with their own. 3) If you get caught after not paying taxes for… Continue reading Five Reasons Sex Workers File Their Damn Taxes