Voters deserve a say as counties consider shifting property tax burden to sales taxes

By: Brad Johnson

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 701

Last Updated: 1 day, 3 hours ago

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South Dakota’s new optional half-percent county sales tax is being sold as property-tax relief.

It is relief only in the sense of moving money from one pocket to another. The cost of county government does not fall. The law changes who pays it.

Meade, Pennington, Custer and Codington are among the counties that have enacted the tax. Codington County opponents are gathering signatures to force a public vote. Brown and Fall River counties …

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