Tax Law Gets Rare Spotlight in Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic

A recently released biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses on an unexpected topic: Tax Court.

The movie, “On The Basis of Sex,” which is expanding widely Jan. 11 after a December limited release, centers on the U.S. Supreme Court justice early in her career. Along with her husband, Martin D. Ginsburg, the pair teams up to take on a case involving what is ultimately deemed a discriminatory tax deduction.

The fact that the U.S. Tax Court, let alone tax at all, comes up in the movie is unique.

“Taxes are usually depicted as a dreadful obligation of living in a ...