For the dollar-wielding punters currently sitting bemused at strip joints around the country, ‘art’ is unlikely to be the first thought that comes to mind.
Which is why a state court has swiftly thrown out one ambitious lap dancing club’s audacious attempt at dodging paying their taxes.
The Nite Moves strip joint in Albany, New York, had attempted to get out of paying sales tax by arguing it was providing ‘artistic expression’, which would have exempted it from the charge.
But a unanimous ruling on Thursday by the Appellate Division Third Department quickly put an end to any hopes of a victory for the club.
Nite Moves, which claims to be an adult ‘juice bar’, on Route 9 in Latham offers punters ‘exotic dances performed by women in various stages of undress’.
It has been fighting the tax law after a 2005 audit that billed the company for almost $125,000 in sales tax, on top of interest for door admission receipts and sales of private dances.
