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Sweden targets strippers for tax
BBC News ^ | 10 April 2009 | (no author given)

Posted on 04/10/2009 9:52:10 AM PDT by dayglored

Sweden's tax authorities are seeking the bare facts about webcam strippers' income, estimating that hundreds of Swedish women are dodging the law.

The search involves tax officials examining websites that feature Swedish strippers, in an effort to identify them and chase them for tax returns.

The tax loss is estimated at about 40m Swedish kronor (£3.3m) annually.

Project leader Dag Hardyson said 200 Swedish strippers had been investigated so far. He said the total could be 500.

"They are young girls, we can see from the photos. We think that perhaps they are not well informed about the rules," said Mr Hardyson, head of the tax authority's national project on internet trade.

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He said the Swedish tax authorities had been tipped off about Swedish internet strippers by the Dutch authorities, who had started a similar investigation earlier.

Web search tools like spiders had failed to detect the Swedish strippers.

"When we investigated the sites manually it worked better," he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: strippers; sweden; tax; webcam
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For a couple million in tax revenue, the government pays officials to surf strip sites.

WOW! WHAT A JOB! /s

1 posted on 04/10/2009 9:52:10 AM PDT by dayglored
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To: dayglored

taxes are stuffed into g-strings.


2 posted on 04/10/2009 9:54:16 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: dayglored
"They are young girls, we can see from the photos. We think that perhaps they are not well informed about the rules,"

I'm sure after staring at their pictures that there is no shortage of volunteers available to 'educate' these young women.

3 posted on 04/10/2009 9:56:26 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: dayglored
More from the article:
Mr Hardyson told BBC News that the strippers could be liable to pay about half of their earnings in tax. Striptease via webcam is quite legal in Sweden, unlike prostitution, he added.

"I don't think they have any costs really - almost 100% of what they earn is pocketed. Many have regular work and this is extra income. We want them to register their activity as a business - it's still taxable, even if it's a hobby," he said.

He stressed the difficulty of identifying strippers, saying the contact information on the websites was often "not obvious".

1. 50% tax rate. That's pretty harsh.

2. They expect these girls to give real contact information out on the internet????

What a bunch of maroons.

4 posted on 04/10/2009 9:57:34 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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Need I point out that a thread like this is worth little without pictures to provide perspective?


5 posted on 04/10/2009 9:58:19 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: dayglored

A job that would make you want to work hard?


6 posted on 04/10/2009 9:58:45 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (The emporer has no pedigree.)
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Project leader Dag Hardyson said 200 Swedish strippers had been investigated so far. He said the total could be 500.

Stripper investigator. Great work if you can find it.

7 posted on 04/10/2009 10:02:35 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED)
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To: Redbob

8 posted on 04/10/2009 10:04:51 AM PDT by MaxMax (RINO=RAT!)
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> Need I point out that a thread like this is worth little without pictures to provide perspective?

http://www.webcamstripper.org/archives/archive_2009-m01.php -- Caution advised

9 posted on 04/10/2009 10:07:31 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored
sweden flag girl Pictures, Images and Photos
10 posted on 04/10/2009 10:10:27 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: dayglored
We think that perhaps they are not well informed about the rules

Oh believe me, they know the rules.... all the rules.

11 posted on 04/10/2009 10:11:39 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: dayglored
1. 50% tax rate. That's pretty harsh.

Not as harsh as you may think, at least as compared to the USA... No state or local income taxes in Sweden and for better or worse, the Gubment actually pays for a host of goodies - for everyone, not just illegal aliens (like in the USA).

12 posted on 04/10/2009 10:14:22 AM PDT by Chet 99
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Not as harsh as you may think, at least as compared to the USA... No state or local income taxes in Sweden and for better or worse, the Gubment actually pays for a host of goodies - for everyone, not just illegal aliens (like in the USA).

No, the "Gubment" doesn't pay for a host of goodies; the "Gubment" NEVER pays for anything with anything that it hasn't first taken away from the productive sector of society.
13 posted on 04/10/2009 10:19:49 AM PDT by aruanan
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I understand that. The point is that Swedes at least get something in return from their government’s theft of taxpayer money. It doesn’t all go to illegal aliens, section 8 crackheads, and government employee union bums.


14 posted on 04/10/2009 10:22:06 AM PDT by Chet 99
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To: dayglored

Any word on whether Poland will initiate a Pole Dance Tax?


15 posted on 04/10/2009 10:22:35 AM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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> Any word on whether Poland will initiate a Pole Dance Tax?

[groan] ;-)

16 posted on 04/10/2009 10:26:43 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: SonOfPyrodex
> Swedish Stripper...

That model has nice knobs.

18 posted on 04/10/2009 10:27:54 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored

This is the worst example of government excess I’ve ever heard of


19 posted on 04/10/2009 10:29:08 AM PDT by myaccount2009
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Take it off, take it all off.....


20 posted on 04/10/2009 10:31:36 AM PDT by PogySailor (We're so screwed.....welcome to the American Oligarchy)
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