Found in the news of the day:
BRISBANE City Council and the State Government are on a collision course over what might be called the Battle of Water-loos.
At issue is the tax the council charges five Brisbane stadiums for every flush toilet on site.
The tax is known as pedestal charging, and is set at $556 annually for each toilet.
The charges are so steep that even council documents acknowledge that every ticket to Suncorp Stadium includes a hidden $1.35 charge for going to the toilet.
Pedestal charges range from $217 a toilet annually upwards where a premises has at least a dozen of them.
What’s so unusual about a head tax?
Hat tip: Jeff Jarvis
