Big revenue for City of Cologne/Germany introduced from new 'Sex Tax'

GeorgeTH · 2005-01-13, 05:37 PM

Cologne, a city of around 1 million people (which makes it one of the 10 largest cities in Germany) introduced a special "sex tax" in 1993 applying to all sex clubs, gay saunas, swinger clubs, etc.
Despite initial protest from the club owners the tax provided a windfall of €700,000 (~US$ 925,000) for the fiscal year of 1994!

There's money to be made from sex - even city councils are realising it!

[news snippet found on gmx.net]

2005-01-13, 05:37 PM	#1
GeorgeTH Don't let a programmer design your front-end pages! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: currently on the road in CA Posts: 781	Big revenue for City of Cologne/Germany introduced from new 'Sex Tax' Cologne, a city of around 1 million people (which makes it one of the 10 largest cities in Germany) introduced a special "sex tax" in 1993 applying to all sex clubs, gay saunas, swinger clubs, etc. Despite initial protest from the club owners the tax provided a windfall of €700,000 (~US$ 925,000) for the fiscal year of 1994! There's money to be made from sex - even city councils are realising it! [news snippet found on gmx.net] __________________ Have a nice day!