Pueblo Tax Administrators Coalition
ACOMA - COCHITI - ISLETA - JEMEZ - LAGUNA - NAMBE - OHKAY OWINGEH - PICURIS - POJOAQUE - SAN FELIPE
SAN ILDEFONSO - SANDIA - SANTA ANA - SANTA CLARA - SANTO DOMINGO - TAOS - TESUQUE - ZIA - ZUNI
NEXT QUARTERLY MEETING:
October 23, 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo Community Center Cafeteria
Santa Domingo Pueblo
This is an in-person meeting.
Lunch to be served
Please RSVP with Sec./Treas. Kassandra Valdo
A Message from the Chairman
"I hope this message finds all of you in good spirits and good health. It is with a heavy heart that I convey the sad news of the passing of one our colleauges and friend, Mr. Dennis A Wanya, former Tax Administrator for the Pueblo of Acoma. DW, as he was known to many, was an active member and former Chairman of PTAC and will surely be missed. We at PTAC send our deepest heartfelt condolences and prayers to his family and we will continue our commitment to our communites we represent as did Mr. Wanya."
ABOUT US
Establishment
Gregg Histia, Acoma Tax Administrator
Mr. Histia envisioned the need for Pueblo Tax Administrators to exchange ideas and share information on tax issues that individual tribes and Pueblos faced on a daily basis. Today, we carry on the tradition that Mr. Histia help established over 15 years ago.
In 2013, the first meeting of Pueblo Tax Administrators Coalition, was conducted and has continued to become a resource for tribal leaders to exercise its tribal sovereignty rights for the betterment of their community and tribal membership.
MISSION STATEMENT & SCOPE
Mission
It is the mission of the Pueblo Tax Administrators Tax Coalition (PTAC) to provide a forum within which the unique tax issues impacting New Mexico Pueblos are addressed and discussed, and to provide opportunities that are devoted to the development and advancement of Pueblo Tax Administrations.
Scope
The Pueblo Tax Administrators Coalition (PTAC) has been established to address the specific and unique tax issues significant to the Pueblos of New Mexico. As the primary means of realizing its mission, PTAC is committed to establishing and maintaining a specialized network of Pueblo tax administrators and tax professionals that will work together to define and interpret all relevant tax issues impacting Pueblo Tribes, and is dedicated to seeking out opportunities that help expand the knowledge and capabilities of each of its members. Additionally, PTAC seeks to establish itself as the principal organization, comprised of Pueblo tax administrations throughout New Mexico, focused primarily on Pueblo tax issues.
OUR PURPOSE
Policy
To provide a forum within which the unique tax issues impacting New Mexico Pueblos are addressed and discussed.
To provide opportunities devoted to the development and advancement of Pueblo Tax Administrators.
To support, maintain and protect tribal governmental sovereignty to regulate taxation within or on Tribal Lands.
Membership
The Pueblo Tax Administrators Coalition (PTAC) is a non-profit, unincorporated Coalition, and is
open to any New Mexico Pueblo engaged in regulation taxation on Tribal lands.
For any participating Pueblo who wishes to have a voting representative attend PTAC meetings, the participating Pueblo shall submit an annual fee of $500 payable at the beginning of the calendar year.
Click on button below for registration form for membership.
Click on "Pay Now" to pay by card.
OFFICERS
The Officers of the Coalition are elected bi-annually at a regular meeting and holds office until a successsor to that position shall have been duly elected or appointed in the month of January.
Darrell L. Felipe
Chairperson
Acoma Pueblo
James Rivera
Vice-Chairperson
Pojoaque Pueblo
Kassandra Valdo
Interim Secretary/Treasurer
Acoma Pueblo
