Tribal Exemption

Relying on a 1794 treaty, a federal magistrate <strong><a href="http://courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/seneca.pdf">sided</a></strong> with a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians who did not pay federal taxes on income she earned mining gravel on tribal land.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Relying on a 1794 treaty, a federal magistrate sided with a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians who did not pay federal taxes on income she earned mining gravel on tribal land.

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