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BumRushDaShow

(165,321 posts)
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 09:15 AM Dec 2

IRS Agents to Review OnlyFans Content to Determine if It's 'Pornographic'

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 1st, 2025, 11:43 pm


Some IRS agents won’t have to worry about getting in trouble for watching porn at work, because part of their job duties will literally involve reviewing content on OnlyFans and other online creators.

The issue, according to a report by Andrew Duehren at The New York Times, is the interpretation of a restriction on the “no tax on tips” deduction passed as part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act that says that tips earned for prostitution or “pornographic activity” are not eligible.

The legislation didn’t offer much additional guidance, and the IRS has yet to issue any statements clarifying what exactly constitutes “pornographic activity,” leaving the taxing agency in a similar boat as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when he endeavored to define “obscenity” in the 1964 case of Jacobellis v. Ohio: “I know it when I see it.” And apparently, the IRS expects its agents to “know it when they see it” as far as determining eligibility for this deduction.

There are almost five million creator accounts on OnlyFans, reported the Times, but it’s not clear how many of them are Americans and subject to U.S. tax laws, and not all of them are posting pornographic or sexual content. It’s also “unclear,” wrote Duehren, “whether strippers could claim the tips deduction,” because “[t]here is plenty of activity that an accountant or tax lawyer could argue is merely titillating.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/irs-agents-to-review-onlyfans-content-to-determine-if-its-pornographic/





How about auditing a couple hundred billionaires and a purported "trillionaire"?
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IRS Agents to Review OnlyFans Content to Determine if It's 'Pornographic' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 2 OP
Will they look at Melania's nude photos while they're livetohike Dec 2 #1
They hiring? Temp work? Prairie Gates Dec 2 #2
😂 underpants Dec 2 #4
Epstein. twodogsbarking Dec 2 #3
And... 2MuchNoise Dec 2 #20
The Puritans in charge bucolic_frolic Dec 2 #5
Trump's probably wasn't lonely bird Dec 2 #8
Sesame Street too will be examined. twodogsbarking Dec 2 #6
Especially Bert and Ernie BumRushDaShow Dec 2 #7
Probably the "Donald Grump" character they had in the 80s. They knew. twodogsbarking Dec 2 #9
Those episodes were why after years of GOP threats, he killed the CPB. BumRushDaShow Dec 2 #15
Damn! James48 Dec 2 #10
Instead of looking for actual tax evasion by the wealthy and corporations ? ChicagoTeamster Dec 2 #11
Priorities, priorities. KPN Dec 2 #12
Maybe they will see their spouses in the vids. twodogsbarking Dec 2 #13
That could make for an awkward moment at the office Christmas party. rubbersole Dec 2 #26
Is porn tax-deductible? Asking for a friend. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 #14
How much are they making the agents pay? Emrys Dec 2 #16
Want to boost your views OF creators? Aviation Pro Dec 2 #17
will they be able to publish the guidance Old Crank Dec 2 #18
Project 2025 again Nigrum Cattus Dec 2 #19
Aren't most of those authors women? FakeNoose Dec 2 #22
Porn supports a big portion of the intenet... Wounded Bear Dec 2 #21
One 2020 study reported that 12% of websites are dedicated to pornography. ancianita Dec 2 #23
Thank you! Botany Dec 2 #25
The pornography determination is a fig leaf for yet another attack on women as wage-earners. Efilroft Sul Dec 2 #24
Project 2025 was founded and financed by theoretical "Puritans". rubbersole Dec 2 #27
One of the funniest threads in a long time! dickthegrouch Dec 2 #28
To access some OF content... mwooldri Dec 2 #29
Yeah, on OF any "pornographic" content is behind a paywall...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2 #30
Maybe. Maybe not. mwooldri Dec 2 #32
Free market economics...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2 #33
Why? Is the money a site makes different with their clothes off? mdbl Dec 2 #31

twodogsbarking

(17,515 posts)
3. Epstein.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 09:35 AM
Dec 2

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rubbersole

(10,968 posts)
26. That could make for an awkward moment at the office Christmas party.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
Dec 2

"Why, hello, Mrs. Wilson. So nice to see you in a dress."

Emrys

(8,910 posts)
16. How much are they making the agents pay?
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:56 AM
Dec 2

I'm sure the review will be extremely thorough and involve losts of re-checking and second and third opinions.

Aviation Pro

(15,218 posts)
17. Want to boost your views OF creators?
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 11:03 AM
Dec 2

Have the men wear masks in the likeness of the fucking pedophile. The women too.

FakeNoose

(40,048 posts)
22. Aren't most of those authors women?
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 11:33 AM
Dec 2

My impression has always been that women are the creators and consumers of the "romance" genre fiction. However men (mostly) are the creators and consumers of the raunchier stuff that most of us label as "porn."

Yes I know ... there are many exceptions ... but I'm talking in general terms only.

ancianita

(42,768 posts)
23. One 2020 study reported that 12% of websites are dedicated to pornography.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 11:34 AM
Dec 2

In 2020, estimates suggested there were nearly 30 million pornography websites, comprising about 12% of all websites on the Internet.
In 2022, the total amount of pornographic content accessible online was estimated to be over 10,000 terabytes.

The four most accessed pornography websites are Pornhub, xHamster, XVideos, and XNXX.

As of 2025, a single company, Aylo, owns and operates most of the popular online streaming pornography websites, including:
Pornhub, RedTube, Tube8, and YouPorn, as well as pornographic film studios like: Brazzers, Digital Playground, Reality Kings, and Sean Cody among others.

Some have alleged that the company Aylo is a monopoly.

It does not own websites like xHamster, XVideos, and XNXX.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_pornography

Efilroft Sul

(4,295 posts)
24. The pornography determination is a fig leaf for yet another attack on women as wage-earners.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 11:45 AM
Dec 2

They can dress up their tax argument however they like, but after the administration determined that certain female-dominated fields are no longer considered professional, let's not shit around about what this review really is.

rubbersole

(10,968 posts)
27. Project 2025 was founded and financed by theoretical "Puritans".
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:11 PM
Dec 2

Repressing women in every facet of society is a given. Turns out the "Puritans" are actually pedophiles or worse. Keeping the Epstine files hidden keeps the richest of these perverts from being exposed.

dickthegrouch

(4,271 posts)
28. One of the funniest threads in a long time!
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:18 PM
Dec 2

Thank you!

I almost choked halfway through the OP.
YOMANKB

mwooldri

(10,786 posts)
29. To access some OF content...
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:53 PM
Dec 2

... you need to pay a subscription.

Therefore I ask the question: is my hard earned tax dollars being used by the government to pay for OnlyFans subscriptions?

mwooldri

(10,786 posts)
32. Maybe. Maybe not.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 05:29 PM
Dec 2

Some OF creators offer a "free" subscription option where teasers are posted. Those teasers can be pretty racy. The end game though is to earn money and these OF creators who do a "free" option ultimately want you to sign up for a "VIP subscription" where you pay a fee, the content is more personal. And possibly more explicit. That's my experience with spicy content creators.

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