FROM THE ARCHIVE
DECEMBER 20, 2000 The Winnebago Tribe has instituted a new 3-cent tax on the sale of motor fuel at its gas stations on their Nebraska reservation. Prior to the new tax, the tribe had two different taxing structures: one for Indians and one for non-Indians. The structure hardly brought in revenue for the tribe. But under the new tax, the tribe stands to gain $200,000 to $300,000 a year. Federal law prevented the tribe from taxing non-Indians without proper authority but in accordance with a legal opinion issued by the state, the tribe instituted the new tax this month. The state agrees the tax is perfectly legal because it meets various criteria laid out by federal policy. Get the Story:
Collecting own tax will help tribe (The Sioux City Journal 12/18)
Tribe institutes new tax
Facebook TwitterDECEMBER 20, 2000 The Winnebago Tribe has instituted a new 3-cent tax on the sale of motor fuel at its gas stations on their Nebraska reservation. Prior to the new tax, the tribe had two different taxing structures: one for Indians and one for non-Indians. The structure hardly brought in revenue for the tribe. But under the new tax, the tribe stands to gain $200,000 to $300,000 a year. Federal law prevented the tribe from taxing non-Indians without proper authority but in accordance with a legal opinion issued by the state, the tribe instituted the new tax this month. The state agrees the tax is perfectly legal because it meets various criteria laid out by federal policy. Get the Story:
Collecting own tax will help tribe (The Sioux City Journal 12/18)
Search
Trending in News
1 White House Council on Native American Affairs meets quick demise under Donald Trump
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
News Archive
About This Page
You are enjoying stories from the Indianz.Com Archive, a collection dating back to 2000. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age.
All stories are available for publishing via Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)