25% Hardcore porn tax passes - GoFuckYourself.com

ADL Colin · 12-16-2005, 03:00 AM

.. In Italy. :-P

Rome, Italy (AHN) - All hardcore pornography distributed in Italy will come with a 25% tax, under new legislature introduced in parliament by Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti. Previous attempts to raise new revenue by taxing pornography have failed.

The tax is the result of the minister's overruling objections from the porn industry that they are already paying VAT and it is illegal to tax them twice.

Under pressure to meet EU rules, Rome is desperate to find new revenue to trim its budget deficit.

The new tax is similar to one imposed in France and will apply to all hardcore pornography, including films, magazines and merchandise sold in sex shops.

Tremonti says that, just like his French colleague, he is imposing what he calls an "ethical" tax.

The porn industry in Italy is estimated to be worth more than one billion euros a year.

AdPatron · 12-16-2005, 03:04 AM

AZ is about to pass a 40% tax.

JFK · 12-16-2005, 03:07 AM

Fucking politicians, they cant run a balanced budget so they just tax the shit out of you

budz · 12-16-2005, 03:09 AM

can you say coronary..

dunefield · 12-16-2005, 03:16 AM

damn that is brutal...

Jakke PNG · 12-16-2005, 03:17 AM

That sucks. But in the end it's the consumer that'll pay for it, not necessarily the companies.. prices go up.

flashfire · 12-16-2005, 04:11 AM

that is so stupid, waiting for the air tax

Jarmusch · 12-16-2005, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Almighty Colin

The new tax is similar to one imposed in France and will apply to all hardcore pornography, including films, magazines and merchandise sold in sex shops.

So that only applies to brick n mortar businesses?

OldSchoolJim · 12-16-2005, 05:01 AM

best thing that can happen to the biz is a legitimate tax....makes it awful difficult to throw you in jail....see the big picture?

Ace-wtf · 12-16-2005, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by JFK

Fucking politicians, they cant run a balanced budget so they just tax the shit out of you

w0rd
probably they tried to get into the biz and falied

Dalai lama · 12-16-2005, 05:17 AM

No surprises, Italy has even taxes on SMS text messages. It sucks.

andrej_NDC · 12-16-2005, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by EpicJim

best thing that can happen to the biz is a legitimate tax....makes it awful difficult to throw you in jail....see the big picture?

nobody will put anyone in jail for porn in Europe anyway...not sure about the US though

andrej_NDC · 12-16-2005, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

That sucks. But in the end it's the consumer that'll pay for it, not necessarily the companies.. prices go up.

no, because there is a worldwide competition online...

David - PG · 12-16-2005, 09:23 AM

Both end up paying, consumers and companies. Both lose in a tax increase situation.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

That sucks. But in the end it's the consumer that'll pay for it, not necessarily the companies.. prices go up.

tony286 · 12-16-2005, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EpicJim

best thing that can happen to the biz is a legitimate tax....makes it awful difficult to throw you in jail....see the big picture?

It would suck but you are very right. I also think in italy its only for adult shops not the net, they couldnt do the net. THey are going to go to lens and say you had 3 italian signups you owe us 25%?

Jakke PNG · 12-16-2005, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

no, because there is a worldwide competition online...

There's more to porn than online world.

DirtyRider · 12-16-2005, 09:49 AM

Wow, thats a pretty sad deal. This does not include online? In that case, their might be more demand for online porn.

Sosa · 12-16-2005, 09:54 AM

Sucks to be living there and working in the biz.

andrej_NDC · 12-16-2005, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

There's more to porn than online world.

yup, sorry, my bad, I thought its about the online thing

d00t · 12-16-2005, 10:03 AM

There was some US politian on Your world with neil cavuto yesterday talking about how he wants to introduce a 25% porn tax for ALL INTERNET PORN IN USA... he went on to say MOST OF THE PEOPLE PAYING FOR PORN ONLINE IN USA ARE UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE

.....anyone know this jokers name?

Dirty Dane · 12-16-2005, 10:07 AM

I dont think prices will rise much. Its a ww market and in the end they will earn totally less money than from the existing VAT....and further they will have to feed people that loose their jobs. Thats what happen when you have short-thinking politicians.

iBanker · 12-16-2005, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by d00t

.....anyone know this jokers name?

Miss informed idiot

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