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A roller-skating tax? Another 'deadweight loss' targeted in Sioux Falls
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A roller-skating tax? Another 'deadweight loss' targeted in Sioux Falls

Councilor who killed bowling ally fee finds another obscure ‘micro-tax’ to repeal

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May 08, 2024
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First, he killed a bowling tax that had been in the city of Sioux Falls' ordinance books for decades.

Now, City Councilor David Barranco is gunning for a long-standing annual fee another niche industry in Sioux Falls has been burdened with since the early 1990s.

The Southeast District councilor this week advanced a proposal to repeal what he called a "micro-tax" that skating rinks within city limits are subjected to: a $50 yearly operations license that’s applied to private ice rinks and roller skating locations.

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Decades-old bowling tax on chopping block

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February 21, 2024
Decades-old bowling tax on chopping block

Calls for tax relief are being answered in Sioux Falls. But not exactly in the way property owners had likely hoped. The Sioux Falls City Council has advanced a proposal to repeal a decades-old tax levied against bowling alleys in South Dakota’s largest city. Carried by Councilor David Barranco, the measure first heard Tuesday night at Carnegie Town Hal…

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