New York seeks $200M in taxes from reservations

Tuesday, April 3, 2007  

The state of New York passed a budget on Sunday calling for $200 million in taxes to be collected from reservation businesses.

The budget says the tax will come from the sale of tobacco and gas to non-Indians. The tax applies to tribal and individual owned businesses.

But the state still doesn't know how it will collect the money. Revenue-sharing has been discussed but tribes have resisted, saying their treaties and the U.S. Constitution forbid taxation on their lands.

Get the Story:
State to collect Indian taxes; the question is how? (The Utica Observer-Dispatch 4/3)
N.Y. targets untaxed cigarettes (The Journal News 4/3)

Relevant Links:
Seneca Nation - http://www.sni.org
Honor Indian Treaties - http://www.honorindiantreaties.org

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