Toy Biz v. United States was a 2003 decision in the United States Court of International Trade that determined that for purposes of tariffs, Toy Biz’s action figures were toys, not dolls, because they represented “nonhuman creatures”.[1] This decision effectively halved the tariff rate, from 12 percent tax to 6.8 percent.[2]
It’s always taxes, just FYI. Any legal battle over what one product is or isn’t, is always about taxes.
Is pizza a vegetable?
That wasn’t a court case. Just a an act of Congress.
I believe they called it the Mutant Affairs Control Act
Nah, this is setting the precedent for the MACT to come
A similar thing happened in the UK , the tax man got narky with a food manufacturer over a cake/biscuit (cookie for our American friends) distinction. Cakes and biscuits are taxed differently.
This little blog-post thing explains it better than I could.
The older I get, the more I understand what Franz Kafka had been saying. I have no love for the Republican Party or any other “party of small government”, but they have a point about bloating bureaucracy.
TIL a doll is not a toy in the eyes of the law.
Was this Peter Dinklage working there at the time or something?
Loved him in that role.
It was a pretty perfect casting choice.
Which movie is being referenced?
Sorry, I meant the one with Peter Dinklage lol
Oh, it’s called X-Men: days of future past.
Great movie
Anti-mutant by day, anti-bigger by night.
“Mutants aren’t human beings.”
—Toy Biz v. United States
“We agree, but for different reasons.”
—Bolivar Trask and Magneto
Systemic, I tell you
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Fabian Cortez hates this one trick, 9/10 Jamie Madroxes agree
They human then. It’s nice to have a government that makes things so easy to understand.
So true!
