New York smokeshops face deadline for taxes
Friday, September 25, 2009
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Smoke shops on the Poospatuck Reservation lost a last-minute appeal in their taxation battle with the state of New York.
In August, Judge Carol Amon ordered the smoke shops to stop selling tobacco products to non-Indians. The smoke shops asked the
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of the decision but the request was rejected yesterday.
As a result, the smoke shops must stop selling tobacco to non-Indians or collect the state's sales tax. They can continue to sell tax-free cigarettes to members of the
Unkechaug Indian
Nation, a state-recognized tribe.
New York City Mayor Mike
Bloomberg sued the smoke shops last year, claiming they are cheating the city out of millions of dollars in tax revenues.
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