During a dressing room brawl at Hot Bodies in Austin TX, a stripper put out a man’s eye with her shoe. She’s been booked on assault charges, and the arrest warrant stated “In the manner of its use, the high heel shoe could have been a deadly weapon.” The New York Times sided with the dissenting… Continue reading The Week in Links: November 2
Tag: Nite Moves
New York Court Rules 4-3 Lap Dances Not Exempt Artistic Performances, Can Be Taxed
Albany strip club Nite Moves challenged a 2005 audit by claiming that lap dances were exempt from taxation, just as ballet performances are (I wrote about some of the sillier commentary inspired by the case). Their appeal wound up in front of the New York Court of Appeals, and today they ruled against the club,… Continue reading New York Court Rules 4-3 Lap Dances Not Exempt Artistic Performances, Can Be Taxed
If Your Blog Post is Journalism, My Lapdance is Art: The NY Fight Over Taxable Stripping
Albany strip club Nite Moves went before the New York Supreme Court today to appeal earlier rulings that the club owes taxes on money it has earned from cover charges and couch dance sales. Under New York tax laws, such charges are subject to taxes levied on places of amusement, like nightclubs, but the club… Continue reading If Your Blog Post is Journalism, My Lapdance is Art: The NY Fight Over Taxable Stripping