Oklahoma Agency Says McGirt Has No Effect On State Taxation Of Indians

(April 13, 2022, 1:20 PM EDT) -- MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A Choctaw Nation couple cannot pursue declaratory and injunctive relief against the Oklahoma Tax Commission based on their argument that the landmark jurisdiction ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma bars the state from assessing taxes against them on the tribe’s reservation because they have not yet exhausted their administrative remedies with the commission, the agency says in an April 7 answer to the couple’s federal court complaint....