Opponents Seek Public Vote on SD Law Using Higher Sales Taxes to Drop Property Taxes

Opponents seek public vote on SD law using higher sales taxes to drop property taxes

Early voting booths are set up at the Minnehaha County administration building in Sioux Falls ahead of the June 2026 South Dakota primary election. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)A campaign committee has launched a referendum effort to repeal a new law that would use money from a scheduled statewide sales tax increase to lower property taxes for homeowners. Lawmakers reduced the sales tax rate from 4.5% to 4.2% in 2023, with t…

How and when new SD laws will reduce property taxes for homeowners

PIERRE — South Dakota homeowners will see the effects of 2 new property tax reduction laws as early as next year — automatically and without any formal notice in one