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March 11, 2010
SD House Rejects Revenue Sharing Plan
The South Dakota House defeated a bill to give townships a slice of the wind energy tax that now goes to counties for wind farms located within their borders.
March 8, 2010
Committee Reviews Revenue Projections
Lawmakers in Pierre now have a better idea of just how much money the state's expected to pull in over the next year and a half and how that could impact their budget decisions in the final full week of the session.
March 8, 2010
SD Tax Refunds Still Debated
Legislators continue looking at changing the tax rebates that South Dakota gives for large construction projects such as ethanol plants and wind farms.
March 8, 2010
Lawmakers Hear New Revenue Projections
South Dakota lawmakers now have a better idea of where the state’s economy has been and where it could be going. That is information legislators need this week as they move towards a final budget.
March 3, 2010
Unemployment Tax Change Clears SD House
The South Dakota House has approved changes to the state unemployment insurance tax system that supporters say will help return it to solvency.
March 1, 2010
Unemployment Tax Changes Clear SD House Panel
A South Dakota House panel on Monday approved changes to the state unemployment insurance tax system that supporters say will help return it to solvency.
February 24, 2010
SD Senate OKs Construction Tax Rebate Limits
A move to limit tax rebates given to large construction projects has passed the South Dakota Senate.
February 23, 2010
House Kills State Food Tax Bill
The South Dakota House on Tuesday killed a bill that would have eliminated the state sales tax on some food while raising some other taxes.
February 18, 2010
SD Tax Bill Targets Oil Pipeline
A company planning to bury an oil pipeline through western South Dakota would lose some tax breaks under a bill moving on to the full House.
February 18, 2010
Panel Votes To Remove Food Tax
The four percent South Dakota sales tax on food would be removed under a bill approved in the Legislature on Thursday.
February 16, 2010
SD Billboards Escape Tax Proposal
Outdoor billboards won't be subject to South Dakota's property tax. A proposal to add the signs was defeated Tuesday in a legislative committee.
February 15, 2010
Bill Would Get Rid Of Sales Tax On Food
A bill that has its first hearing Tuesday would do away with the four percent state sales tax on food.
February 15, 2010
Sales Tax Bills Being Defeated
The South Dakota budget deficit is now approaching $40 million and it doesn't look like lawmakers are going to raise your taxes to make up for the shortfall.
February 12, 2010
Failed Bill Leaves Towns Scrambling For Funding
Like many South Dakota communities, Beresford's infrastructure has seen much better days.
February 11, 2010
SF Mayor Surprised Panel Killed 3rd Penny Plan
With a 10-3 vote the House Local Government Committee voted down a proposal that would have allowed cities to vote and raise the sales tax by another penny.
February 11, 2010
Committee Kills Third Penny Sales Tax Bill
Sioux Falls officials will have to come up with a new plan to fund an Events Center. Thursday, a South Dakota House committee shot down legislation that could have helped pay for it.
February 11, 2010
Third Penny Sales Tax Bill Fails In Committee
The bill that would have allowed South Dakota towns to raise the sales tax by another penny has been voted down in the House Local Government committee.
February 10, 2010
First Hearing For 3rd Penny Sales Tax Bill
A bill that would allow cities in South Dakota to raise the sales tax another penny will have its first hearing in Pierre Thursday.
February 1, 2010
SD Senate Panel Ditches Plan To Boost Road Taxes
A South Dakota Senate panel has rejected a proposed increase in the state gas tax and other highway taxes.
January 27, 2010
SD Lawmakers Begin Debate On Raising Road Taxes
State and local transportation officials say South Dakota needs to raise taxes and fees to cover substantial increases in the cost of building and maintaining roads.
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