ACLU of Rhode Resolves First Amendment Lawsuit Over State's Discrimination Against Non-Fiction Authors
September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable resolution of a lawsuit it filed in May, challenging the state Division of Taxation's position that a special sales tax exemption for Rhode Island authors applied only to works of fiction, and not to non-fiction, because non-fiction was not considered "creative and original." The lawsuit argued th . . .
The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable resolution of a lawsuit it filed in May, challenging the state Division of Taxation's position that a special sales tax exemption for Rhode Island authors applied only to works of fiction, and not to non-fiction, because non-fiction was not considered "creative and original." The lawsuit argued th . . .