The Osage Tax Commission is questioning the status of a lawsuit filed against the entity in July by an Osage smoke shop operator who is challenging the border tax levied against the tobacco shop.
The July 6 lawsuit filed by “Highway 123 Smokeshop” in the Osage Nation Tribal Court objects to the border tax charged by the Tax Commission. The border tax is levied against smoke shops within 20 miles of the Kansas border. The Highway 123 Smokeshop, just west of Bartlesville, is one of two shops falling into that category.
