New York Court: Lap Dances Not Tax-Exempt

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 47•24 • Jun 14, 2011

Ruling that lap dances do not qualify for tax-exempt status as a "dramatic or musical art performance," a New York court has ordered a gentleman’s club to pay nearly $125,00 in back taxes. What do you think?

“Wait, so if it wasn’t just a performance, then that means…she was really into me after all! I knew it!”
Mark Neeley –
Weigher and Mixer
“The club did it all wrong. First, it needed to get an MFA. Second, apply for and receive an NEA grant. Third, center its dramatic or musical art performance around a withering condemnation of the objectification of women through the ironic usage of the male gaze.”
Kirsten Anderson –
Stop Attacher
“What about if she pees on you? Doesn't that make things art these days?”
Jonah Elliman –
Unemployed

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