Tony Nitti

Artist Susan Crile stands with a study for a painting of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

A court rules that being an artist really is a business — maybe

October 13, 2014Business

No matter how much you may view your art as your life’s work, the IRS can beg to differ. They did with Susan Crile, suing her for $81,000 in unpaid taxes. Now she’s won a court decision against the tax agency, but it’s not a cut-and-dry victory for artists just yet.

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