Backers push $1.50 flat tax to replace SD's local property taxes
A former lawmaker and her allies propose replacing property taxes with a flat transaction fee — a plan critics call risky and regressive
By Todd Epp (Northern Plains News) and Scott Sundberg (Hub City Radio)
A group wants to kill property taxes in South Dakota.
They’ve filed a proposed constitutional amendment with the state Attorney General’s Office.
Former State Senator Julie Frye-Mueller, one of the measure’s backers, said the proposal would fund county governments through a flat transaction tax applied to most goods and services.
