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Residents and visitors to South Dakota paid $1.9 billion in taxes in 2018

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South Dakota collected $1.9 billion in taxes in 2018, a 4.9 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Most tax revenue came from sales and gross receipts taxes ($1.6 billion) and license taxes ($291.9 million).

The STC survey includes five broad tax categories and up to 25 subcategories. Data is gathered from all 50 state governments and all dependent state-level entities.

The Census Bureau cautions that it sets the tax classifications among the survey categories, and they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Below is a breakdown of how taxes were classified by the bureau and how much was collected.

2018 South Dakota Tax Collections
Type of TaxAmount
Property taxes$0
Sales and gross receipts taxes$1,585,089,000
License taxes$291,896,000
Income taxes$32,376,000
Other taxes$8,187,000
General sales and gross receipts taxes$1,103,624,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes$481,465,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax$18,939,000
Amusements sales tax$9,135,000
Insurance premiums sales tax$92,488,000
Motor fuels sales tax$187,424,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax$177,000
Public utilities sales tax$3,510,000
Tobacco products sales tax$59,158,000
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes$110,634,000
Alcoholic beverages license$1,222,000
Amusements license$6,353,000
Corporations in general license$5,984,000
Hunting and fishing license$28,690,000
Motor vehicle license$83,369,000
Motor vehicle operators license$5,676,000
Public utilities license$0
Occupation and business license, nec$135,433,000
Other license taxes$25,169,000
Individual income taxes$0
Corporations net income taxes$32,376,000
Death and gift taxes$0
Documentary and stock transfer taxes$187,000
Severance taxes$8,000,000
Taxes, nec$0

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