Reporting by Eric Kelsey; editing by Paul Casciato. Perched on an outcrop somewhere above the bay of Marseille, British weather expert Simon Rowell has spent much of the Olympic Games trying to give Britain's sailors an edge. Skip to main content. Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionals Learn more about Refinitiv. The new "pleasure tax" requires prostitutes in Dortmund to purchase a 6 euro "day ticket" for each day they work, or face a potential fine.
The city estimates that the new tax will add some , euros to its coffers each year. The new tax went into effect in August but the day tickets have not been available until this week.
An alternative proposal was to charge a 1 or 2 euro fee to anyone entering Dortmund's red-light district, but this idea got little political support, Meinders said. Such taxes are not unusual in Germany where prostitution is legal and sex workers must pay tax on their income. Cologne introduced a euro "pleasure tax" on sex workers in and later added a 6 euro day tax option for part-time prostitutes.
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