The New York Post - The gov goes 'F Troop'
WNED – Minority Leader Pushes for Tax Collection on Reservations
The Buffalo News – US Postal Service prepares to implement cigarette shipping ban in the PACT Act on June 29, and on Seneca Nation reaction
Finger Lakes Times – Collect smoke tax now: Assemblyman co-sponsors bill aimed at accessing revenue stream as soon as possible
The Citizen – County seeks state, federal help in cigarette case
The Associated Press – Indian cigarette sales thrive as New York works on regulations
The New York Post – David’s gift to buttleggers
Ithaca Journal – Mr. Seneca's smokes: Where tobacco, taxes and treaties converge
The Post Standard – Cayugas win cigarette tax dispute, now plan to sue Cayuga, Seneca counties for seized smokes
RocNow – Court backs tribal sales
Observer-Dispatch – NY court nixes Indian cigarette sales tax cases
RocNow – N.Y. wants piece of Indian cigarette sales
Newsday – 10 years in prison for Poospatuck cigarette magnate
Department of Taxation and Finance Press Release – Tax Agents Bust Woman From Connecticut For Trafficking Of Untaxed Cigarettes - $9,000 in State and Local Taxes Evaded
The Associated Press – Smoke shop owner could be freed from NY prison.
The Post Standard – Public comment period ends on Monday for state proposal to limit tax-free Indian cigarettes.
570 WSYR – Debate over collection of taxes on cigarettes.
The Post Standard – Lawmakers call on state officials to collect tax from tribal tobacco sales.
Syracuse News – Cayuga County DA to seek criminal charges in cigarette tax dispute despite top court ruling.
Read Media – Report discussing the benefits of President Obama’s decision to sign the PACT act into law.
Buffalo News – Article about President Obama signing the PACT act on Wednesday. Also this report discusses the Seneca’s response to the signing.
NY Times – Report discussing the financial situation the state of New York is in, and how the PACT act will help to raise revenue for New York.
CSP Daily News – Reports that members of the New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) are extremely happy the PACT act has passed. Their President James Calvin said “Congress made a sensible choice to have them sold in a controlled environment where there is verifiable compliance with tax, age verification and other laws designed to protect public health."
The Journal - Ogdensburg Mayor William D. Nelson has suggested collecting lost revenues from cigarette sales to non-tribal members on Native American reservations to help fill budget holes. He met with representatives of the Enforce the Law - Collect the Tax Coalition earlier this week. The additional revenue brought in from collecting the tax would most likely have kept Ogdensburg Correctional Facility off of the state's prison closure list, and save hundreds of jobs.
Canadian Business – Report about the Seneca Indian Nation and their written letter to President Barack Obama, asking him to veto the PACT act. Seneca President Barry Snyder wrote that the mailing ban would kill 3,000 tobacco-related jobs in New York.
Read Media – News article about convenience stores and how happy they are about the passage of the PACT act. The PACT act will shift sales and jobs back to the tax collecting side of the street.
Business Week – Report regarding the passage of the PACT act.
The Buffalo News reports that a state tax department policy of not enforcing tax collections on Indian cigarette sales was officially rescinded by the Paterson administration.
1010 Wins – Report about the Seneca Indian Nation asking President Obama to veto the PACT act because it will result in jobs lost.
Press Republican – Essex County lawmakers gathered Monday to drum up support for collecting taxes on tobacco products sold at Native American reservations. The state should first collect taxes from cigarette sales to non-tribal members before it reduces services and programs, Supervisor George Canon (R-Newcomb) said at a rally on the steps of the Old County Courthouse in Elizabethtown.
WKTV – Local lawmakers are calling on Albany to collect the tax on cigarettes sold on Native American reservations. The have now formed a group called the "Enforce the Law - Collect the Tax Coalition". The law dates back to 1994, allowing states to collect tax on cigarette sales to non-Native Americans. The law has been enacted since 2006, but rarely ever is enforced.
NACS Online reports that Governor Paterson lifted a taxation policy which bars the state from taxing Native cigarette sales. To give his proposal substance, Governor Paterson proposed a new policy which moves the collection of taxes on Native cigarette sales from the retailer to the wholesaler level.
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issues a press release stating that Department has proposed regulations that would limit the quantity of tax-free cigarettes that may legally be supplied to the Indian nations or tribes.
WSYR reports that the New York State Tax Department will issue regulations to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian retailers. The new rule requires tobacco manufacturers to sell cigarettes only to licensed stamping agents, certifying that they do not do business with tax-free retailers. The story includes a written response from the Oneida Indian Nation.