The Paper of Record Reports on Foot Fetish Models Paying Taxes

The New York Times reports:

At 22, Sarah Patterson has already spent several years in the working world, but she has yet to report her income to the government.

For one thing, Ms. Patterson, of Manhattan, works in a cash business, with no withholding tax. But she is also worried about how to list her profession on a 1040 form — she is a foot fetish model.

"What I do is not commonly considered work," explained Ms. Patterson, who said she earns more than $100 an hour for letting men ogle or stroke her shapely feet. "When they ask for your occupation, I can't imagine there would be a little box to check describing my job." She can take home up to $400 for working a foot-fetish party where clients take turns enjoying her feet, she said. Private sessions can be even more lucrative.

She told all this to a screener last Thursday night at an unusual tax workshop held at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center on West 13th Street. As at other tax workshops being held these days leading up to the mid-April filing deadline, there were workers on hand to explain things like the earned-income-tax credit. And yes, there were computers providing information about children as deductions.

But hanging on the wall was pornographic art, including a collage with the words: Hustling IS work. Tip Well."

Great moments in Blue City America.