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South Dakota Sales Taxes Jump in July

South Dakota Sales Taxes Jump in July

Senator Reynold Nesiba Photo: WNAX


The South Dakota Legislative Research Council reports that state sales taxes in July were up over seventeen percent compared to last year and ten percent above the legislature’s projection.

Senator Reynold Nesiba of Sioux Falls, a member of the Joint Appropriations Committee, says that was a nice surprise…

Nesiba says the state’s economy is held up by billions of dollars from the federal government….

Nesiba says without more federal support those numbers could fall as fast as they rose….

Congress is still deadlocked over the next round of economic stimulus.

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