Paying tax in Ireland as an escort...

[Ebony Amber]

Thats true. However, as a Sole Trader who deals almost exclusively in cash, as long as you are sensible about what you declare on your self assessment, its unlikely to attract the taxmans attention.
PS : Keep receipts for everything to claim back

It's all relative. If you spend 10k a year on holidays, 15k a year on rent and have a 30k car it's unwise to try to say you only earn 10,000 euros a year lol. But there are ways of making sure you are not paying out half your wage in tax.

[Fitzy]

I've said it before and I'll say it again until I'm blue in the face, I'm all for legalising AND LICENSING the trade including agencies BUT it needs to be done properly. By properly I mean independent ladies should have to be registered as sole traders and agencies should have to be registered in accordance with company law, all girls employed or self implored should be insured, medically certified, have tax clearance certs etc. etc. and most importantly, should be open to inspection by the relevant state body. So there's your answer from me, tax tax and more tax, what's good for the goose is good for the gander :





I'm off to hide now !

How can they pay taxes at the moment when there not legal they probably want to but can't . Girls a bit of advice open a sweet shop in temple bar .

[n73]

I agree totally. I don't agree that the tax rate for adult industries should be higher though (not something you've said but something I've heard suggested).

As I said, what's good for the goose etc., 100% equality across the board, same tax bands, PRSI levels etc.
I bet the bastards would have ye charge the high rate of VAT though !!

[Ebony Amber]

How can they pay taxes at the moment when there not legal they probably want to but can't . Girls a bit of advice open a sweet shop in temple bar .

Escorting is LEGAL. As far as I am aware you CAN legally register as a sex worker currently in Ireland and you can 100 percent do it in the UK. However most choose to register as something more discrete like a therapist or a dancer. Then you pay taxes on your earnings simply.

[n73]

How can they pay taxes at the moment when there not legal they probably want to but can't.

That's part of my point Fitzy, you should have to be legally entitled to work here under your visa or other terms.

[JAMESCORK]

Setting yourself up as self employed is realitively easy. You can trade as a Sole Trader or as a company. If it is a company you have to register the company with the tax office and Company Registration.
Not sure you can put escort down as purpose of trade, but i dont see why not as its not illegal. Perhaps you have to be a little creative ie Rieki Massager, Nail Technician etc.
If you trade as Ebony Amber Nail technican you are a Sole trader. You contact your nearest tax office informing them when you are starting your business. You are then responsible for self assessment of tax, which can be very straightforward if its just you working for yourself
www.revenue.ie
www.citizensinformation.ie

This is a very interesting topic for those girls that want to set up residency, be it permanent or temporary, and continue to work here as an escort. A foreign girl cannot, or at best finds it very difficult to rent an apartment in their own name with out a) a bank account or b) proof of employment. Setting up a bank account is not that easy either these days. Most girls have to seek a kindly Irish national to rent the apartment for them, in the client’s name that is. This is not usually satisfactory. In the absence of this, they are forced to rent from contacts within the trade at comparably exorbitant rates compared to renting their own.

Maybe the solution for Luna or Rach or others would be to set themselves up as a sole trader as many have suggested. Call yourself a touring beauty therapist or masseur. Apply for your PPS number and apply to pay taxes. But to get a PPS number you need a permanent residential address, and you cant get a perm address without a PPS number. Catch 22. How do you get over this??

[Ebony Amber]

As I said, what's good for the goose etc., 100% equality across the board, same tax bands, PRSI levels etc.
I bet the bastards would have ye charge the high rate of VAT though !!

Nah. Just say you provide live theatrical performances and then you are exempt from charging VAT I mean escorting is basically theatrics right

[n73]

I mean escorting is basically theatrics right

So I discovered listening to your radio interview !!

[Fitzy]

And when you have to travel with a ton of money and get stopped? Or if your apartment get's raided? Or if you want to buy a home with your savings but cannot prove where the money came from?

There are of course ways to get by and not get caught. I didn't pay tax on all my earnings much to my regret. But it can bite you in the bum and it hurts.

Ebony I will just give you a dirty ware for that post lol

[Ebony Amber]

]Apply for your PPS number [/COLOR][/B][/U][/URL]and apply to pay taxes. But to get a PPS number you need a permanent residential address, and you cant get a perm address without a PPS number. Catch 22. How do you get over this??

Most agents and Landlords understand that when you first move to the country you have not got a PPS number. I rented an apartment without one previously.

So I discovered listening to your radio interview !!

Life is a drama the world is your stage

Ebony I will just give you a dirty ware for that post lol

I can honestly say I have no idea what a dirty ware is!