As far as we're concerned, any discussion of cigarette tax revenue in this budget ought to focus exclusively on collecting the taxes they've been letting escape all these years. |
We don't have any doubt that, in one way or another, the taxes on sales to non-Indians are going to be collected by New York. The question is: How soon? |
We have the governor once again using his delay tactics and dog-ate-my-homework excuses for not enforcing (the) law. |
We respect the right of Native American tribes to operate commercial enterprises, and the right of licensed distributors to supply them with legal products. But in conducting commerce with non-Native American consumers, everyone in the supply chain should play by the same rules, including collecting state and local taxes. |