URL: https://www.indianz.com/News/archives/002319.asp

Monday, November 3, 2003

A superior court judge in Connecticut has ordered a tribal member to pay state income taxes.

Jo-Ann Dark Eyes Isaac is a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. She claims an exemption on income she earned while working on land within the tribe's settlement area.

The land wasn't taken into trust until 1998 and it wasn't purchased with tribal settlement funds. So the judge said it wasn't Indian Country.

Isaac plans to appeal Friday's decision, her lawyer said.

Get the Story:
Judge nixes Indian tax suit (The Norwich Bulletin 11/1)
Court: Mashantucket Tribal Member Must Pay State Taxes (The New London Day 11/1)
Username: indianz@indianz.com, Password: indianzcom
Pequot Loses Lawsuit Over Tax Bill (The Hartford Courant 11/1)
Username: indianz, Password: indianzcom

Related Stories:
Conn. claims Indian tax case could cost millions (10/03)
Conn. towns support state in Indian tax dispute (10/2)
Pequot woman seeks refund of state taxes (10/1)

All stories in the Indianz.Com Archive are available for publishing under a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)