For instance, Taipei's singing hall tax took 30 % off the top of ticket sales. With tickets going for NT $ 80, after subtracting the 30 % tax and paying the performers, the singing clubs could scrape by when ticket sales were good, but once they hit a slow spell they quickly started losing money.
例如台北市的歌廳稅捐，係按照每張票價的百分之三十徵收，以當時一張八十元的票價計算，扣除百分之三十的稅捐，再扣掉付給歌星及工作人員的酬勞，票房好時尚可維持，如碰上不賣座，就要蝕老本。