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April 22nd, 2008

Court Ruling? Court Schmuling. Texas Decides to Collect Stripper Tax Anyway.

The Texas Entertainment Association (TEA) has announced that adult cabarets (or as most people call them, strip clubs) received notification from the Texas Comptroller that the $5 stripper tax is due despite a court ruling that the tax is unconstitutional.
A Texas judge had ordered that the, “Defendants are permanently enjoined from assessing or collecting the […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Strippers Everywhere Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Texas Pole Tax is No More

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On March 28, a Texas court ruled that the government may not impose a $5/customer “pole tax” at strip clubs. The proceeds of the tax were to benefit victims of sexual assault and those who were uninsured in Texas (quite a combination, no?).
In Texas […]

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