Yakama Indian Nation Press Release and Materials on Federal Taxation of Tribal Trust Resources

Here:

YN Press Release re IRS Audit of Per Capitas

Media Background Statement

Exec Sec Written Tstmny to Sen Affr Commte re IRS Audit

State Continues to Hold Cigarettes While Challenging Court Order

News coverage here.

Previous coverage of HCI Distributing v. New York State Police here.

H/T C.G.

N.Y. Supreme Court Opinion in Favor of Ho-Chunk Industries in Cigarette Confiscation Case

Here:

HCI Decision 6 18 2012

Prior posts here and here.

June 2012 Report of the Advisory Committee on Tax for Indian Tribal Governments Division of IRS

Here.

And here:

tege_act_rpt11 [starts on page 175 of the pdf]

SCIA Hearing on Tax Burdens on Tribes

Here is the witness list (prepared testimony linked to the witness name):

Witnesses

Panel # 1
The Honorable John Yellow Bird Steele
President
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, SD

The Honorable Athena Sanchey-Yallup
Secretary of the Tribal Council, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Toppenish, WA

Panel # 2
Mr. Aaron Klein
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Coordination
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

Ms. Christie J. Jacobs
Director
Office of Indian Tribal Governments, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department ofthe Treasury, Washington, DC

Panel # 3
Ms. Lynn Malerba
Chief of Mohegan Tribe
on behalf of the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, TN

Mr. William Lomax
President
Native American Finance Officers Association, Washington, DC

Brief in Gordon v. Holder (PACT Act Injunction Case)

The Government’s brief arguing against Judge Lamberth’s injunction is here.

Previous coverage is here.

Senate Finance Committee Testimony on Tax Reform

Here:

Member Statements

Max Baucus 
(D-MT)
Orrin G. Hatch
(R-UT)

Witness Testimony

Ms. Sarah Hall Ingram, Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Govenment Entities, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC
The Honorable Robert Odawi Porter, President, Seneca Nation of Indians, Salamanca, NY
Dr. Lindsay G. Robertson, Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Dr. Steven Maguire, Specialist in Public Finance, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC

Arizona SCT Briefs in Ariz. Dept. of Revenue v. South Point Energy

Well, petition for review stage anyway:

South Point Petition for Review

Arizona Response

The lower court materials are here.

Suit by Bingo Winners against Miccosukee for Back Taxes

Here, via Pechanga.

Federal Court Dismisses Effort by Puyallup Woman to Avoid State Wholesale Cigarette Taxes

Here are the materials in Matheson v. Smith (W.D. Wash.):

DCT Order Dismissing Matheson Complaint

Matheson Motion for PI

State Motion to Dismiss