From: WGRZ.com
The outcome of a state court of appeals decision could determine once and for all if New York State can collect sales tax on any items sold on Indian reservations.
BUFFALO, NY – A prominent Buffalo attorney is at the center of a case before the state’s highest court, the outcome of which could determine once and for all if New York State can collect sales tax on any items sold on Indian reservations.
Paul Cambria represents Eric White, a Seneca who owns several smoke shops, a tobacco wholesaling business, and recently made news for starting construction on what sources say is an off ramp from the Thruway onto his property on the Cattaraugus Reservation, in protest for his loss in an unrelated tax case.