Posted on 06/06/2018 8:54:58 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A Miccosukee tribal member owes back taxes on gambling revenue, a federal appeals ruled Monday in a decision that experts believe could pave the way for the federal government to collect more than $1 billion in overdue personal income taxes.
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Miami federal judge who ruled that tribal member Sally Jim must pay the Internal Revenue Service $278,758 in taxes, interest and penalties for failing to file a tax return in 2001. The ruling came two years after U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga decided her family's gaming income — a distribution of casino profits — was not exempt from U.S. tax laws.
The panel of three appellate judges agreed, saying lawmakers long ago mandated that Indian gambling money must be taxed.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Yes.
By federal law, income tax is specifically imposed on Indian gaming revenue. General welfare distributions by tribes from other sources are exempt from income taxation. Thus a split of profits to tribe members from sales of cheap cigs may be exempt from income tax, but profits from the casino are subject to income tax.
It sure doesn’t sound like a fight that’s going to result in a political win, especially since most of that money is just gone, gone, gone.
What took so long anyhow to get this figured out. There’s more going on than meets the eye. There has to be.
“... because, apparently, the US federal government hasn’t quite raped the American Indian quite enough, just yet...”
Or for that matter, the rest of us too.
“..but there’s no guarantee the IRS will handle every situation perfectly...”
Just ask Lois Lerner’s victims about that.
"They call us civilized because we're easy to sneak up on. ... And now the white man is sneaking up on me. Again."
Sutton’s Law.
No more tribes. No more “sovereign nation” within another sovereign nation, with exemption from USA laws, and special privileges. Like being able to give preference in hiring to “Indians” of any tribe.
You’re an American now.
Why are we taxing them in their independent lands anyway?!
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Their lands and citizens are not truly independent of the rest of the USA. These businesses masquerading as traditional tribes should not be receiving the benefits of being in the USA without paying taxes. It promotes a moocher mentality.
Miccosuckee say taxman sucky
As a 1/1024 Algonquin, I resent what the Great White Father is doing to our native Peoples.
According to Wikipedia, there were part of the Seminole nation until the mid part of the 20th century when they became independent.
Miccosukee
Miccosukee?
Never heard of them. Is this one of those made up "boutique tribes"?
From Wikipedia: The Miccosukee historically inhabited the upper Tennessee Valley in present-day Georgia, where they were originally part of the Upper Chiaha. Later they split: the Miccosukee (Lower Chiaha) migrated northeast to the Carolinas and the Upper Chiaha, also known as Muscogee, migrated west to northern Alabama. Under continuing encroachment pressure from European-American settlers, many migrated to northern Florida during the 18th and 19th centuries.
We pass by the Miccosukee casino on our way to the Shark River Valley national park in the Everglades. Their reservation is another mile down the Tamiami Trail from the park. The restaurants, shops and even alligator show handlers are all staffed by Hispanics as the Indians live off gambling revenue and don’t have to work.
BTW the Shark River Valley park has a great paved bike trail right through the middle of the Everglades.
No - their roots go back to the Heckawi Tribe.
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