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Jump to full article: Oneida (NY) Daily Dispatch, 2010-09-07
Author: CAITLIN TRAYNOR Dispatch Staff Writer
Intro: The Oneida Indian Nation filed a lawsuit against Governor David Paterson and the Department of Taxation and Finance Tuesday with the Northern District of New York court over the state’s efforts to collect taxes on cigarettes.
The lawsuit, against Paterson, Department of Taxation and Finance Acting Commissioner Jamie Woodward and Office of Tax Enforcement Deputy Commissioner William Comiskey, questions the legality of the state’s action to collect tax on products sold to the Nation and the ability to provide tax-free cigarettes to its members.
The lawsuit outlines a potential $150,000 the Nation could lose a year with the imposition of the state’s collection of cigarette taxes on suppliers.
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