The backers of an initiated constitutional measure to abolish property tax and impose a retail transaction tax are lying to the public about its fiscal…
Tag: property tax
Amidst frustration over high property taxes and strained budgets, no one in Pierre this Session had the guts to propose taxing incomes. Such was not…
Bob Mercer writes up how Governor Larry Rhoden and Speaker Jon Hansen, rivals for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, made nicey-nice to pass property tax relief…
In floor debate on Senate Bill 245 Monday, Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Fort Pierre) aptly summarized the nature of the transfer of wealth that will result…
Governor Larry Rhoden has admitted that his wimpy buck-passing proposal, Senate Bill 96, to let counties impose a half-penny sales tax to lower property taxes…
Rhoden Map Shows Home Tax Savings Less Than 25% in Most Counties, Doesn’t Calculate Higher Sales Tax
I’ve estimated that Senate Bill 96, Governor Larry Rhoden’s half-hearted plan to allow counties to charge a 0.5% sales tax to lower property taxes, would…
Whoever’s mad about high property taxes apparently isn’t mad enough to get the Legislature to take action. The only big property tax bill left standing…
While the Legislature struggles to agree on any plan for comprehensive tax reform, anti-hunger advocate Cathy Brechtelsbauer of Sioux Falls notes that the state already…
With the Legislature still struggling to coalesce around any plan to lower property taxes, rookie Senator Amber Hulse (R-30/Hot Springs) proposes punting the issue to…
Rookie Representative John Hughes (R-13/Sioux Falls) wants to give family businesses a tax break. He proposes House Bill 1218, which would require that school property…