The best laid plans of the Empire State to impose onerous taxes was delayed today when a federal judge blocked collection of taxes on cigarettes sold to non-Indians on Indian reservations....It's that pesky word "soveriegn" again...The state had booked $150million in anticipated taxes from the scheme...
Judge bars Indian cigarette tax enforcement - Capitol Confidential
2 comments:
Didn't the legal arguments and ramifications play out over a decade ago with Pataki? And didn't the courts decide that NY could collect taxes on these sales?
At the end of that ancient battle the only thing lost was when the retailers tried to force the state to collect them. The court said the state had the right to but was not obligated to.
When you say "booked", do you mean they already spent the money, Jeff? Wasn't this part of Shelly's budget? I think it was.
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