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Revenue generated from prostitution is taxable, a Quebec Court judge has reconfirmed in a judgment upholding $1.2 million in Revenue Quebec assessments against Michel Catudal, the former operator of local male-escort agency Hot Boys Enr.

Catudal, who actually worked on contract for Revenue Quebec in the 1980s doing tax verification, appealed the assessments, claiming responsibility for collecting the 15-per-cent sales tax fell on the prostitutes who worked for the agency, the tax department used erroneous figures that didn’t include business costs such as salary, automobile and “bad debts,” and the proceeds of crime aren’t taxable in any event.

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Revenue Quebec said jurisprudence clearly establishes that the proceeds of crime are taxable, sales tax did apply and it was his job to collect it, and stiff penalties were justified because Catudal consciously omitted declaring all his income.