A remarkable number of Republicans are not leaping onboard with Governor Kristi Noem’s embrace of the Democratic proposal to repeal South Dakota’s unusual and immoral…
Tag: sales tax
We have the Governor’s food-tax repeal proposal. Governor Kristi Noem has given her new party leaders Representative Mary Fitzgerald and Senator John Wiik the pleasure…
Rookie Representative Tony Venhuizen (R-13/Sioux Falls) served as one of Governor Kristi Noem’s chiefs of staff (before she finally gave up on South Dakota advisors…
The big property-tax break bill is in the hopper. On Tuesday, Representative Trish Ladner (R-30/Hot Springs) filed House Bill 1043, her interim tax committee’s proposal…
The Legislature will consider simplifying the criteria for determining when an out-of-state online vendor must collect and remit South Dakota sales tax. Right now, remote…
Repealing South Dakota’s unusual and immoral food tax will put 4% more money back in hungry South Dakotans’ pockets than projected last fall. In a…
Minnehaha County makes a little money on the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds. If the county invests in the improvements laid out in the new economic study…
Governor Kristi Noem is sticking with her campaign flip-flop to finally implement the Democratic plan to exempt food from the state sales tax. In yesterday’s…
Alas, Attorney General Mark Vargo’s incorrect explanation of the proposed ballot initiative to repeal the state sales tax on food has delayed the petition drive…
Now that Tim Goodwin has been voted out of the Legislature after three terms of largely bad ideas, maybe he can focus his energy on…