County Sales Tax Idea Moves Ahead as Effort to Prolong Statewide Sales Tax Reduction Fails

County sales tax idea moves ahead as effort to prolong statewide sales tax reduction fails

A proposal to let counties reduce homeowner property taxes by charging a sales tax advanced Wednesday at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre, while an effort to maintain a lower statewide sales tax rate failed. The county sales tax plan is from Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden. It would let counties levy up to a half-percent sales tax and use the money to offset the county’s portion of property taxes on owner-occupied homes, in the form of credits to…

County Sales Tax Idea Moves Ahead In Pierre

A proposal to let counties reduce homeowner property taxes by charging a sales tax advanced Wednesday at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre, while an effort to maintain a lower statewide sales tax rate failed.