IRS is going to go after pimps

[Phlegm]

From Associated Press:

(AP) Pimps and sex traffickers could soon find themselves being chased by tax collectors, not just the vice squad.

Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, wants the Internal Revenue Service to chase after pimps and sex traffickers with the same fervor it stalked gangster Al Capone for tax evasion.

Grassley, R-Iowa, would hit pimps with fines and lengthy prison sentences for failing to file employment forms and withhold taxes for the women and girls under their command.

The proposal would make certain tax crimes a felony when the money comes from a criminal activity. A one-year prison sentence and $25,000 fine would become a 10-year sentence and $50,000 fine for each employment form that a pimp or sex trafficker fails to file.

Grassley planned to propose the penalties when his panel meets Wednesday.

"The thugs who run these trafficking rings are exploiting society's poorest girls and women for personal gain," Grassley said. "The IRS goes after drug traffickers. It can go after sex traffickers."

Michael Horowitz, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said the change has the potential to put pimps out of business without difficult trials that require women to testify to abuse and mistreatment.

"We need to simply treat the pimps and massage parlor operators the way we would treat anybody who takes the proceeds of a customer transaction from somebody and then gives a fraction of it back," he said.

Under tax law, that relationship makes the pimp an employer, requiring the filing of a wage statement and the withholding of payroll taxes, including Social Security.

Grassley envisions creating an office inside the Internal Revenue Service to prosecute sex traffickers for violating tax laws. The office would get $2 million to get started, and it would be allowed to keep a portion of the taxes it collects.

The IRS work is intended to build on efforts under way to curb worldwide trafficking. The Justice Department, collaborating with U.S. attorneys offices nationwide, would identify pimps and sex traffickers and refer them to the IRS.

Grassley also wants to change the IRS whistleblower program to allow the girls and women to participate.

If the IRS goes after pimps and sex traffickers for tax offenses now, it conducts lengthy audits of their lifestyles in order to estimate their incomes from illegal activities and determine taxes due.

[Yamori]

As a direct result of this, a largely increased number of prostitutes will likely be killed by their employers in disputes (10 year prison sentences and 50k fines per person tend to get people quite a bit agitated when they come into the picture) and prostitution will become an even dirtier, more dangerous business due to the increased legal risks.

Way to go douchebags, you really helped the problem.

[Narrock]

This is a bit off the beaten path, but about 4 years ago, the Reno Police Department did a prostitute sting downtown, and arrested 14 hookers. They made them all take HIV tests. 9 of them tested positive. Prostitutes live a filthy lifestyle. Only an idiot would pay for one.

[Arlos]

Well, the exception being the ones at the legal nevada brothels. They are forced to take frequent STD tests in order to maintain their licenses.

So, if you ARE going to pay for someone, that'd be the safest way to go about it. Of course, some of them charge up to $1500 an hour, so....

-Arlos

[Captain Insano]

From Associated Press:

(AP) Pimps and sex traffickers could soon find themselves being chased by tax collectors, not just the vice squad.

Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, wants the Internal Revenue Service to chase after pimps and sex traffickers with the same fervor it stalked gangster Al Capone for tax evasion.

Grassley, R-Iowa, would hit pimps with fines and lengthy prison sentences for failing to file employment forms and withhold taxes for the women and girls under their command.

The proposal would make certain tax crimes a felony when the money comes from a criminal activity. A one-year prison sentence and $25,000 fine would become a 10-year sentence and $50,000 fine for each employment form that a pimp or sex trafficker fails to file.

Grassley planned to propose the penalties when his panel meets Wednesday.

"The thugs who run these trafficking rings are exploiting society's poorest girls and women for personal gain," Grassley said. "The IRS goes after drug traffickers. It can go after sex traffickers."

Michael Horowitz, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said the change has the potential to put pimps out of business without difficult trials that require women to testify to abuse and mistreatment.

"We need to simply treat the pimps and massage parlor operators the way we would treat anybody who takes the proceeds of a customer transaction from somebody and then gives a fraction of it back," he said.

Under tax law, that relationship makes the pimp an employer, requiring the filing of a wage statement and the withholding of payroll taxes, including Social Security.

Grassley envisions creating an office inside the Internal Revenue Service to prosecute sex traffickers for violating tax laws. The office would get $2 million to get started, and it would be allowed to keep a portion of the taxes it collects.

The IRS work is intended to build on efforts under way to curb worldwide trafficking. The Justice Department, collaborating with U.S. attorneys offices nationwide, would identify pimps and sex traffickers and refer them to the IRS.

Grassley also wants to change the IRS whistleblower program to allow the girls and women to participate.

If the IRS goes after pimps and sex traffickers for tax offenses now, it conducts lengthy audits of their lifestyles in order to estimate their incomes from illegal activities and determine taxes due.

Looks, these girls aren't prey, they're whores. Each and every last one of them got an education and has as much chance of earning an honest living as any other person out there... These little sluts would rather spread their legs than go flip burgers 40 hours a week.

Look at craigslist... There are thousands of girls slinging their ass. These girls aren't crackwhores either... They are lazy, slutty (mostly young) chicks trying to make enough money to buy a Prada bag, or are trying to put themselves through college the easy way.

Fuck them. I think prostitution should be legal. American girls are getting sluttier by the day, no amount of restrictions are going to curb the world's oldest trade, nor overcome the American women's insatiable need to be whorish. Now don't get me wrong, there are actually plenty of good women out there, but in my worldly travels I have never seen it more publicly acceptable to be a myspacing, ass-selling, craiglists-junky, drunkeveryweekendatclubsgettingrailed, gutterslut than here in the wonderful United States.

The last thing we need is to add any more burden to an already ineffective judicial system and an overworked police force.

I'd rather our government figure out how to get rapists, murderers and child molestors off the street and fix the gas crisis before wasting their time on bullshit legislation that can NEVER be enforced.

Like some pimp is going to H&R block and actually file a tax return?! The moron that thought that up should be shot on the whitehouse lawn.