A brothel is not a hotel, court rules

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Rooms rented out for prostitution in Germany do not qualify for a tax break granted to hotels, a federal court said Wednesday.

The full sales tax rate of 19 percent applies when rooms are used for commercial purposes, including sex work, the Federal Fiscal Court ruled from the southern city of Munich.

The reduced tax rate for hotels is seven percent.

"From the location of the building in a red-light district," the ruling...read more here: A brothel is not a hotel, court rules