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Crow Tribe owes $400K in casino employment taxes

Monday, February 8, 2010
Filed Under: NIGC | Openings and Closings

The Crow Tribe of Montana owes $400,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for unpaid employment taxes at the Little Big Horn Casino.

The tribe is negotiating payment to the IRS. “The Crow Tribe takes this responsibility seriously and is eager to make good on this debt," deputy legal counsel Kathleen Burrage told The Billings Gazette.

Last year, the IRS auctioned 7,100 acres of land owned by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. The IRS said the tribe owed $3.1 million in employment taxes, penalties and interest.

As for the Crows, the tribe was given a November 1 deadline by the National Indian Gaming Commission to upgrade the Little Big Horn Casino. According to the Gazette, the building fails to meet new federal standards.

The tribe plans to use a $1 million grant and a $2.5 million loan from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota to upgrade the facility. The Crow Legislature has to take action to approve the arrangement, Chairman Cedric Black Eagle said.

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Crow leaders look to replace casino (The Billings Gazette 2/7)