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eBay executive responds to Internet sales tax story
Looks like my story today on Internet sales taxes has been widely read. This just came to our e-mail inbox and will soon appear in our Letters to the Editor section: To the editor, South Dakota lawma...
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Poll: Extra sales tax supported, but opposition rising

Poll: Extra sales tax supported, but opposition rising Neither side has a majority in newly released poll data.

By Staff reports , October 16, 2012

Lead sees increase in sales, B&B tax revenues

LEAD (AP) — The city of Lead has collected almost $242,000 in sales tax for the first quarter of the year.

June 18, 2012

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Sales tax up in 2011, but not as much as city hoped

Flooding and a poor pheasant population are being blamed for lower than anticipated Mitchell sales tax receipts in 2011.

By Ross Dolan , February 07, 2012

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1-cent sales tax increase qualifies for 2012 ballot

1-cent sales tax increase qualifies for 2012 ballot Initiated Measure 15 would hike sales tax to fund state’s K-12 education, Medicare.

By Tom Lawrence , November 25, 2011

JOHNSON: Main Street Fairness Act makes sense for South Dakota

In order to help our state’s fiscal woes, I joined in introducing a common-sense change that brings more revenue to South Dakota and helps Main Street businesses be more competitive. The Main Street Fairness Act would require online vendors to collect sales taxes at the point of sale, and would simply allow the state to easily collect the taxes they are already owed.

By SEN. TIM JOHNSON , September 09, 2011

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Petition language submitted for 1 percent sales tax increase ballot measure

A group calling itself "Moving South Dakota Forward" has filed petition language for a ballot measure that would raise South Dakota's sales tax by 1 percent to fund health care and education. The measure is expected to be on the 2012 ballot.

By News release , September 01, 2011

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City Council gets long-awaited meeting about sales-tax mistakes

A representative of the state Department of Revenue and Regulation is scheduled to face what is likely to be an unhappy line of questioning this evening from Mitchell City Council members regarding sales-tax overpayments.

By Staff reports , April 19, 2010

S.D. House committee rejects city sales tax bill

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota cities failed Thursday in their bid for authority to impose an extra penny sales tax to pay for special projects or upgrades in roads, water lines and other service facilities.

February 12, 2010

State to answer for errors on taxes

A representative of the state Department of Revenue and Regulation could get a grilling from the Mitchell City Council this spring.
Council members learned at their most recent meeting that somebody from the department will come to a council meeting after the state legislative session ends. The last day of the session is March 29.

By Seth Tupper , February 12, 2010

Push for Internet sales tax renewed

Many sales-tax states, including South Dakota, are hoping their tumbling sales-tax revenues will prod Congress into finally allowing mandatory state taxation of purchases on the Internet.
The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, which includes South Dakota and 22 other states, is trying to revive old legislation that would authorize states to require sales-tax payments from “remote sellers” — companies that lack a physical presence in the state where the sale is made, such as some Internet and catalog retailers.

By Seth Tupper , January 29, 2010

State sales taxes down 2.46%

The down economy may have hammered sales tax collections nationwide in 2009, but South Dakota fared better than most states.
A Wednesday report in The Wall Street Journal showed that 22 states saw 2009 thirdquarter revenues drop more than 10 percent in 2009, with Alaska posted a U.S.-worst 65 percent revenue decline. Only three states — Nevada, New Hampshire and Rhode Island — posted quarterly increases.

By Ross Dolan , December 31, 2009

Council plans letter to state about sales-tax return errors

Be warned, South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation: The Mitchell City Council has its sights on you. The council’s Finance Committee — a panel made up entirely of the eight members of the City Council — voted unanimously Monday evening at City Hall to send a letter to the state department. The aim of the letter, to be drafted by Mayor Lou Sebert, is to express the council’s displeasure with recent errors in sales-tax returns and to demand an in-person explanation of those errors.

By Seth Tupper , December 22, 2009

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