• On collecting cigarette sales tax from Indian nations: Reports recently surfaced claiming Paterson planned to abandon efforts to collect sales
tax on cigarettes sold on Native American reservations.
Also, like former Gov. David Paterson, Cuomo is assuming the state will start collecting sales
tax on cigarettes sold on Indian land to non-Indian customers, which isn't something the tribes intend to let happen without a fight.
Contrast that to his comment to radio host John Gambling on Aug. 13, as he discussed collecting
taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian land.
Here's Gov. David Paterson speaking today at the Saratoga Racetrack, where he was on hand for the Travers, about the impending start of collection of sales
taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian Land, which is slated to begin next week.
But it is unclear whether there are enough votes to approve the plan in the State Senate, where Republicans have threatened to vote against any emergency budget bill that includes tax increases and some Democrats oppose efforts to collect
taxes on cigarettes sold by the tribes.
In an interview Wednesday on WWRL - AM in New York City, Paterson repeated the session is necessary to close a $ 315 million mid-year budget deficit caused by larger - than - expected Medicaid rolls and the failure to collect
taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations.
Not exact matches
The $ 1.60 - per pack increase is arguably the most palatable of any possible increase since it's what's known as a «sin
tax,» but the collection of
taxes of
cigarettes sold on Indian land could pose a problem.
The Cuomo administration's crackdown
on sales
tax collection for Indian -
sold cigarettes is backfiring, leading to a boost in sales of Indian - made
cigarettes, which — so far — are not
taxed.
BUFFALO — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration said Wednesday it will move swiftly to begin
taxing cigarettes sold on American Indian reservations to non-Indian customers after getting the go - ahead from a state judge.
While Native Americans are permitted to purchase and
sell tax - free
cigarettes for their own use
on reservations, they are not permitted to
sell them outside.
During an interview
on Aug. 13, Bloomberg advised Gov. David Paterson to «get yourself a cowboy hat and a shotgun» to enforce the collection of
cigarette taxes from tobacco products
sold on Indian reservations.