Is the Cowlitz Tribe going to pay the same property and sales taxes to do business in Clark County as all other businesses?
As a sovereign nation, it is illegal for the County to tax the Tribe. However, on Mary 2, 2004 the Tribe signed a Memorandum of Understanding (or “MOU”) with Clark County in which the Tribe it voluntarily agreed to compensate the County and local districts by making payments in lieu of property taxes to make the local districts whole for revenue lost from the placement of the land onto a reservation for the Tribe. The Tribe will also pay all fees and mitigation costs of its development, and will also collect and remit sales tax to the state of Washington on all non-Indian sales which take place on the land in all the businesses owned and operated by the Tribe. The MOU is essentially a contract between Clark County and the Tribe and it is fully enforceable in court.
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