Since March 13, Governor Kristi Noem has issued twenty executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic. (She issued 29 executive orders on a variety of…
Tag: sales tax
A commenter shares an article from the Black Hills Pioneer noting that Belle Fourche is enjoying a coronavirus business boom: April sales tax numbers jumped…
We have our first state revenue report reflecting the impact of coronavirus on South Dakota’s fiscal situation. Sales tax collected in March and sent to…
Here’s some quick coronavirus budget math: Goldman Sachs said Sunday that U.S. GDP could dip 5% in the second quarter due to the economic disruption…
Representative Caleb Finck (R-21/Tripp) proposes House Bill 1284, which would do two things the Legislature is loath to do: repeal sales tax exemptions and give…
Representative Tom Pischke (R-25/Dell Rapids) proposes House Bill 1078 to exempt firearms, ammunition, and gunpowder from South Dakota’s sales and use taxes. Wait a minute:…
In another draft issue memorandum presented to the Executive Board yesterday, the Legislative Research Council presents hard data on how much sales tax we’ve been…
Sioux Falls may charge folks more to hold big events in the city. Police are complaining that more events in the parks and on the…
South Dakota still isn’t meeting its target teacher salary. In 2016, we raised our state sales tax from 4% to 4.5% with the goal of…
Never mind my suggestion of budget optimism at the bottom of my STAR Academy post yesterday; according to information presented at yesterday’s meeting of Governor…