Nevada's New Tax Will Target Burning Man and Escorts

Looking for new vices to tax, Nevada lawmakers have turned their sights on escort services and massive music-and-light festivals in the desert.

Lawmakers this week eliminated loopholes in Nevada’s live-entertainment tax, a lounge-lizard levy that had covered cabaret performances and burlesque dancing. It now includes a 9 percent charge on tickets for events such as Burning Man, a free-form art encampment, and the Electric Daisy Carnival, a three-day music and light show in Las Vegas that attracts 400,000 people.