SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The City of Sioux Falls has released its latest financial report. As 2025 begins to wind down, you might be wondering if South Dakota’s largest city will hit its goal for sales tax numbers.
Shawn Pritchett, the finance director for the City of Sioux Falls, says the latest report looked better than they expected.
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“We saw a pretty sharp uptick in sales taxes that were up over seven percent in October and the same thing for our entertainment taxes, which is driven a lot by our restaurants and by lodging and so forth,” Pritchett said. “While we’ve seen some softness, maybe, in the market for some of that stuff, the numbers for October were good.”
However, when it comes to sales tax Pritchett says they wanted to see an overall growth of four and a half percent for the year…