(Israel) Income Tax (Commission) to go after drug dealers, fortune-tellers, prostitutes

Globes ^ | 25 February 2003 | pay tax, while drug dealers do not. Globes’ correspondent

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“Yediot Ahronot”: Income Tax to go after drug dealers, fortune-tellers, prostitutes

Income Tax Commission: It is inconceivable that dentists pay tax, while drug dealers do not.

Globes’ correspondent 25 Feb 03 14:17

Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot” reports that fortune-tellers, unlicensed healers, black-market money-changers, massage parlors, traffickers in women and illegal gambling den owners will be some of the key targets of the Income Tax Commission investigations branch in 2003.

Deputy Income Tax Commissioner Jackie Matza decided that investigator will stress discovering tax evasion by sectors that evade tens or even hundreds of millions of shekels in taxes in the 2003 working year. p>The income tax investigators will examine the books of importers and exporters, their overseas bank accounts, commissions and other activities that were not reported to the Income Tax Commission. The investigators will also focus on sports clubs that pay salaries to their players and commissions to agents. The Income Tax Commission already focused on this sector last year, discovering considerable tax evasion.

Drug dealers will also have to pay tax on their drug deals after their convictions. The Income Tax Commission states it is inconceivable that dentists pay tax on their legitimate transactions, while drug dealers who earn millions on illegal drug deals do not.

Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on February 25, 2003

[inquest]

So it's illegal, but they're still going to tax them on it anyway? Now that's what I call a serious case of socialism addiction.

[Slings and Arrows]

And the Witch of Endor thought she had problems!

[UncleSamUSA]

Fortune-tellers ????

[Abcdefg]

Nothing new. Clintoon has been after drug dealers and prostitutes for years.

[Servant of the Nine]

Now this is a government that knows how to deal with petty criminalsd. Tax them into legality.

So9

[Orangedog]

Not only we they tax them on the drug deals, but I imagine that they will confiscate all of the money first, then put them in jail, then make them pay taxes on money that the government confiscated.