Police in August raided an Oslo flat where a woman known as Patricia 34 lived with two other sex workers. They seized 74, kroner, much of it in foreign currency. They refused to return the money to Patricia, who is from Nigeria, claiming that the money was earned in Norway and should be subject to income tax and VAT sales tax , according to newspaper VG.
But the court queried whether the state should tax income from prostitution, given that related activity such as pimping and human trafficking are crimes. It also said that it was not proven that Patricia was a tax resident in Norway at the time. Norway's news in English Search.
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