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Judge to issue ruling in fight between Miccosukee Tribe and IRS
A federal judge plans to issue a decision today in a dispute between the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida and the Internal Revenue Service.

The tribe is refusing to turn over financial records to the IRS. The records are related to spending by former chairman Billy Cypress.

The IRS is trying to get the information as part of a probe into whether Cypress paid federal income taxes.

Turtle Talk has posted documents from the case, Miccosukee Tribe v. US.

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Judge to rule on IRS summons for Miccosukees' records (The Miami Herald 8/11)

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