Jump to full article: Tulsa World, 2008-04-23
Author: CLIFTON ADCOCK AND OMER GILLHAM World Staff Writers
Intro: A single tax rate for tribal shops could be enacted.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission is one step closer to limiting the supply of low-tax cigarettes to tribal smoke shops in some areas of the state, including Tulsa.
A restraining order that halted an Oklahoma Tax Commission rule limiting the sales of low-tax cigarettes by tribal smoke shops near the state line is likely to be lifted within 10 days.
Meanwhile, although state officials have not abandoned creating several tobacco tax zones, the idea of having a single compact rate for all of the tribes is appealing, state Treasurer Scott Meacham said.
"We are are not bailing out on the (multiple) stamps, but we would like to get to one rate that is more easily enforced so that we can move forward with decreasing smoking while raising more money for better health in Oklahoma," Meacham said.
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