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By Ben Dobbin
Rochester, New York (AP)
The Oneida Indian Nation is relocating a cigarette factory to its reservation in central New York as part of a broad effort to keep the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes.
Oneida officials say the Sovereign Tobacco business near Buffalo that the tribe bought for $6.6 million in 2008 will begin manufacturing cigarettes during September at its new location on Oneida territory midway between Syracuse and Utica, about 170 miles east. The move was announced a week before Sept. 1, the date the state plans to begin taxing cigarettes sold by Native American retailers to non-Indian customers.
Rochester, New York (AP)
The Oneida Indian Nation is relocating a cigarette factory to its reservation in central New York as part of a broad effort to keep the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes.
Oneida officials say the Sovereign Tobacco business near Buffalo that the tribe bought for $6.6 million in 2008 will begin manufacturing cigarettes during September at its new location on Oneida territory midway between Syracuse and Utica, about 170 miles east. The move was announced a week before Sept. 1, the date the state plans to begin taxing cigarettes sold by Native American retailers to non-Indian customers.
