Brothel sex tax proposal fails
A US state proposal to levy a $5 tax on sex acts in brothels died in a state Senate committee.
The three to four vote in the Nevada Senate Taxation Committee was one shy of the four needed to keep the proposal afloat.
Committee Chairman Bob Coffin, the Las Vegas Democrat who sponsored the bill, said the state is desperate for revenue and has not collected taxes from prostitution since it was legalised in some rural counties more than 30 years ago.
Senator Mike McGinness, a Republican from Fallon who voted against the tax, said he wouldnât support a new tax on services.
Mr Coffin estimated the tax would have raised at least $2m a year. Nevada is facing a more than $2.8bn revenue shortfall.
