• Enhance the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act (TGWEA) : The TGWEA excludes from gross in- come, for income tax purposes, the value of a tribal general welfare benefit. An amendment is needed to clarify that these benefits are excluded from income for a social security eligibility determination; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the National Indian Gaming Association calls upon Congress and the South Dakota congressional delegation to sponsor and support the enactment of the tribal tax fairness provisions set forth above; BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that this resolution shall be the policy of National Indian Gaming Association until it is withdrawn or modified by subsequent resolution.
CERTIFICATION The foregoing resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors at a meeting of the National Indian Gaming Association, held virtually via Zoom on October 7, 2020, with a quorum present.
__________________________________ Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., Chairman
__________________________________ Paulette Jordan, Secretary
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