This is a federal lawsuit challenging the RI Division of Taxation’s position that a sales tax exemption for Rhode Island authors applies only to works of fiction, and not to non-fiction - because non-fiction is not “creative and original.” Update: In September 2019, the ACLU dismissed the case.
Association of RI Authors v. Savage
Attorney(s)
Lynette Labinger
Date filed
May 7, 2019
Status
Closed
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