And um, what did the state of NY do, that make them entitled to any tax revenue from a native american made product?
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ALBANY — The state since June has seized more than 5 million cigarettes made by Native American companies for failure to pay required state excise taxes.
The seized cigarettes, part of a rapidly growing business of Indian-made tobacco products, represent about $1.5 million in taxes that its traders were intending to avoid, officials said.
Following a court ruling, the Cuomo administration last summer began enforcing a state law banning wholesalers from selling untaxed cigarettes to Indian retailers for sale to non-Indians. The immediate crackdown was aimed at “premium,” or domestic, brands, such as Marlboro, that for years had been sold tax-free by Native American retailers.
The administration made clear at that time it was not going to target the expanding market of cigarettes produced by Native American companies, such as the handful operating on Seneca Nation territory. While there is no direct evidence the state has begun a new and direct crackdown on the Indian- made cigarettes, enforcement statistics released by the state showed the number of cigarettes that can be seized even during a “soft” enforcement of the law.
Of the Indian-made brands seized since June, only two were coming from Seneca Nation manufacturers. In one of those cases, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized 18,000 cartons originating from the Seneca reservations heading to the St. Regis Mohawk reservation in northern New York.
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And um, what did the state of NY do, that make them entitled to any tax revenue from a native american made product?
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what is wrong if indians want to make their own cigs? I think it's horrible they were selling synthetic weed though from china. Don't they give two crap to anyone's health?
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There is nothing wrong with them making their own cigarettes, but they have to comply with federal laws and regulations regarding its manufacture and sale which they did not do. Additionally they have to collect state sales tax from non-Indians who purchase them and affixing a tax stamp on them as required by State and Federal Law.
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