LAP DANCES SHOULD BE TAX EXEMPT!

Court to decide if lap dancing is a tax-exempt art form

Is nude lap dancing an art form or just an untrained club employee taking off her clothes for money?
The answer is critical as New York's highest court hears arguments today on whether Nite Moves, a strip club in suburban Albany, deserves a state tax exemption similar to that for theater or ballet.
At stake: $124,000 in taxes for 2005.
State tax officials say the club owes an 8% sales tax for admissions to the club and for so-called "couch sales," where patrons pay for private lap dances, the Associated Press reports.
Nite Moves claims the dances are exempt under state tax law as "live dramatic or musical arts performances," which applies to theater and ballet, the AP reports.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office argues in its briefs, no pun intended, that pole-dancing tricks may be hard to do, but that some Nite Moves performers have no dance training and simple pick it up by watching, The Wall Street Journal reports.