The AP reports 'Nevada Considers Taxing Prostitutes'. (Why is the AP just now picking up this story? I remember hearing about it a month ago.)

Any way, the tax hike proposal covers entertainment in general, including "movies, professional sporting events, adult cabarets, strip clubs, art galleries and beauty contests, among others, as subject to the tax."

"Brothels are not listed in the blue ribbon commission's 1,100-page report on which [Nevada Governor] Guinn based his proposal - but they also are not listed among the exempted businesses, which include massage, yoga and golf."

Why not simply reclassify prostitution from 'professional sporting event' to 'massage'? That seems to work in places like California and New York where prostitution is illegal, but 'massages' are given all the time.

(link via ATS)