Effort to make temporary sales tax rate reduction permanent

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PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) — A Sioux Falls legislator is taking action to make a temporary sales tax reduction permanent.  Lawmakers reduced the rate from 4.5% to 4.2 % in 2023, with an automatic return to 4.5% scheduled for next year.  Senator Chris Karr is proposing a bill to fix the rate at 4.2%.  He says he’s concerned if the rate returns to 4.5% the extra revenue will go to things he says aren’t ‘core government’.