Strip club loses battle over 'scrip' at Albany appeals court
Strip club loses battle over 'scrip' at Albany appeals court FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY – The Penthouse just got more expensive for a Manhattan strip club executive – at least when it comes to paying state taxes. Appellate justices in Albany on Thursday upheld lower rulings in determining that Robert Gans, managing member of The Penthouse Executive Club, a topless establishment in midtown Manhattan, can be taxed on "scrip," the currency that the strip club sells to customers who, in turn, fork over the cash substitute to dancers as fees and gratuities for private dances. In a unanimous 5...
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