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Approved by a panel, the suspension of its tax on cigarettes will go before the tribal council.
Jump to full article: Tulsa World, 2008-04-25
Author: CLIFTON ADCOCK World Staff Writer
Intro: The Cherokee Nation Rules Committee passed an act on Thursday that would temporarily suspend a tribal tax on cigarettes.
The act, passed unanimously, now will go before the tribal council for approval.
If passed by the full council, the act would suspend the 50-cent per-pack tax the tribe takes on cigarettes, while the tax on cigarettes levied by the state would remain.
The measure is an attempt to help tribally licensed smoke shop owners, who have said their businesses have been hurt since an arbitration panel ruled in March that most smoke shops could not sell low-tax cigarettes, said council member Bill John Baker.
It is estimated that suspending the tax would cost the tribe around $700,000 each year.
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