10-5-2018
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein has ruled in favor of the state of Washington and Snohomish County in a lawsuit over the right to collect millions of dollars in sales tax at the Tulalip Tribes’ Quil Ceda Village shopping area.
The Daily Herald reports the suit filed by the tribes sought to stop the state and county from collecting sales tax at the large retail complex on tribal land.
Tribal leaders asserted that their sovereign rights and federal law prevent the state and county from collecting sales tax at the stores that include a Cabela’s and Home Depot.