Okla. Admin. Code § 710:50-15-2

Current through Vol. 41, No. 16, May 1, 2024

Section 710:50-15-2 - Application of the Oklahoma Individual Income Tax to Native Americans

(a)Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this Section, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1)"Indian Country" means and includes formal and informal reservations, dependent Indian communities, and Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, whether restricted or held in trust by the United States. [See:18 U.S.C. § 1151 ]

(2)"Informal reservations" means and includes lands held in trust for a tribe by the United States and those portions of a tribe's original reservation which were neither allotted to individual Indians, nor ceded to the United States as surplus land, but were retained by the tribe for use as tribal lands.

(3)"Dependent Indian communities" means and refers to a limited category of Indian lands that are neither reservations nor allotments, and that satisfy the following two requirements:

(A) They have been set aside by the federal government for the use of the Indians as Indian land; and,

(B) They are under federal superintendence.

(b)Instances in which income is exempt. The income of an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe shall be exempt from Oklahoma individual income tax when:

(1) The member is living within "Indian Country" under the jurisdiction of the tribe to which the member belongs; and, the income is earned from sources within "Indian Country" under the jurisdiction of the tribe to which the member belongs; or,

(2) The income is compensation paid to an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States, if the member was residing within his tribe's "Indian Country" at the time of entering the Armed Forces of the United States, and the member has not elected to abandon such residence.

(c)Instances in which income is not exempt. The income of an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe shall not be exempt from Oklahoma individual income tax when:

(1) The income is derived from sources outside of "Indian Country", regardless of the taxpayer's residence.

(2) The member resides in Oklahoma, but not within "Indian Country", regardless of the source of the income.

(3) Either the source of the income or the place of residence is under the jurisdiction of a tribe of which the taxpayer is not a member.

(4) The member claims residence within "Indian Country" primarily by virtue of various Indian health, social, educational, welfare and financial programs. Even though administered by the Tribe within its own service area, these are merely forms of general federal aid, and are not sufficient to support a finding of "Indian Country" for purposes of this Section.

(5) The member claims residence on unrestricted, non-trust property, owned by an Indian Housing Authority. Such property does not fall within the definition of "Indian Country," nor does residence thereon constitute residence within a dependent Indian community.

(d)Part-time residency. If an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe resides within "Indian Country" for a portion of the year, and resides outside "Indian Country" for a portion of the year, such enrolled member shall be taxed based upon where such enrolled member resided when the income in question was earned.

Okla. Admin. Code § 710:50-15-2

Added at 20 Ok Reg 2811, eff 6-26-03 (emergency); Added at 21 Ok Reg 2571, eff 6-25-04