Washington Administrative Law Judge: High Court Decision Preempts Tax On Tribe

(October 11, 2023, 9:15 AM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington Indian tribe does not have to pay state tax on gasoline it hauls within the state because it has a right under its treaty with the United States to travel unburdened on state highways, an administrative law judge (ALJ) found in applying a U.S. Supreme Court judgment from 2019 to an appeal over a tribal company’s tax returns....