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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]

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[–] roofuskit 55 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's always taxes, just FYI. Any legal battle over what one product is or isn't, is always about taxes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] roofuskit 2 points 2 days ago

That wasn't a court case. Just a an act of Congress.

[–] NineMileTower 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe they called it the Mutant Affairs Control Act

[–] cm0002 15 points 3 days ago

Nah, this is setting the precedent for the MACT to come

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

TIL a doll is not a toy in the eyes of the law.

[–] geomela 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

https://www.astonshaw.co.uk/jaffa-cake-tax/

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[–] FlyingSquid 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Was this Peter Dinklage working there at the time or something?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Great movie

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was a pretty perfect casting choice.

[–] IncogCyberspaceUser 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Which movie is being referenced?

[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] IncogCyberspaceUser 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, I meant the one with Peter Dinklage lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Oh, it's called X-Men: days of future past.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Anti-mutant by day, anti-bigger by night.

[–] GraniteM 3 points 2 days ago

"Mutants aren't human beings."

—Toy Biz v. United States

"We agree, but for different reasons."

—Bolivar Trask and Magneto

[–] Scio 8 points 3 days ago

Systemic, I tell you

[–] whotookkarl 1 points 2 days ago

Fabian Cortez hates this one trick, 9/10 Jamie Madroxes agree

[–] WrenFeathers 2 points 3 days ago

Is it because they’re not real?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago
[–] MooseTheDog 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They human then. It's nice to have a government that makes things so easy to understand.