Taxes

South Dakota county governments, from the bustling Minnehaha County Courthouse to the more tranquil Harding County, are hurting for cash. In turn, funding proposals for counties were heard in front of the legislature’s executive board this week.

The Republican lawmaker who brought a failed lithium mining tax proposal last session is working on another piece of legislation. That comes as one company has already announced intentions to search for lithium in two areas of the Black Hills.

City limits are more than just imaginary lines and a fancy sign on the edge of town. In southwestern Meade County, that line may move for one community, but a battle is brewing with landowners.

South Dakota’s counties, which receive no sales tax revenue, suffer a chronic lack of funding for services. With some lawmakers fundamentally opposed to any possible tax raise, how can the state square a very real funding shortfall?

South Dakota is at the peak of tourism season. Bikers, hikers, and hunters bring in millions of dollars to the state each year through sales tax revenue. Inevitably, some visitors will require services from counties that don’t receive any of those tax dollars. That’s raising questions about how to better support resource strained counties.

The bill containing what lawmakers called, the largest tax cut in state history, became law July 1.

This month marks five years since South Dakota began collecting sales tax on online purchases following the Supreme Court's ruling in the South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. case.

South Dakota approves the largest sales tax cut in state history in a move that also kills a novel piece of legislation called the Partridge Amendment. The law was a product of its time that focused on boosting teacher pay.

Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill temporarily reducing the overall sales tax rate in South Dakota.

Gov. Kristi Noem has signed the Fiscal Year 2024 budget bill approved by lawmakers, though the fate of a separate bill reducing the sales tax remains unclear.