"In Germany, prostitution is not only legal but taxed, and at a high rate, as one teen found out in 2009.
"That year, then-18-year-old Alina Percea, a Romanian-born student living in Germany, auctioned her virginity online to the highest bidder. An Italian businessman won, forking over about $14,000 for a weekend with Percea.
"Percea’s transaction was ruled “tantamount to prostitution” in Germany, and she had to pay a 50 per cent tax in addition to the 19 per cent VAT tax already charged in the country. According to the Daily Mail, it’s possible that Percea’s plan only netted her less than $5,000 after taxes were applied.
http://money.ca.msn.com/taxes/gallery/the-world’s-strangest-taxes#image=7
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...ned-virginity-8-800-reveals-details-time.html
"That year, then-18-year-old Alina Percea, a Romanian-born student living in Germany, auctioned her virginity online to the highest bidder. An Italian businessman won, forking over about $14,000 for a weekend with Percea.
"Percea’s transaction was ruled “tantamount to prostitution” in Germany, and she had to pay a 50 per cent tax in addition to the 19 per cent VAT tax already charged in the country. According to the Daily Mail, it’s possible that Percea’s plan only netted her less than $5,000 after taxes were applied.
http://money.ca.msn.com/taxes/gallery/the-world’s-strangest-taxes#image=7
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...ned-virginity-8-800-reveals-details-time.html