Court Ruling? Court Schmuling. Texas Decides to Collect Stripper Tax Anyway.
Posted by Ralf Yoffe | Under Business, Company Profiles, Economy & Government, General, Industry, Taxes Thursday May 17, 2007The 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 tax imposed by sections 47.051-.056.” However, the Texas Attorney General’s Office filed an appeal on April 7. Letters were subsequently issued that while the appeal was pending, the tax would still be collected.
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