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South Dakota has a 4.2% state sales tax, plus any additional local taxes. An additional 1.5% sales tax is added during the summer on sales in tourism-related businesses, dedicated to the state's office of tourism. City governments are allowed a maximum of 2% sales tax for use by the local government, especially in Sioux Falls in Minnehaha ...
The tax holiday helps Florida residents by eliminating sales tax for some disaster preparedness supplies, including flashlights and lanterns costing $40 or less; reusable ice costing $20 or less ...
The state sales tax rate is 6%. [10] Local governments may levy an additional local option sales tax of up to 1.5%. A locale's use tax rate is the same as its sales tax rate, including local options, if any. Use taxes are payable for purchases made out of state and brought into Florida within six months of the purchase date.
Amended the Higher Education Act to indefinitely extend a grant program for Historically Black Graduate or Professional Schools. Pub. L. 104–141 (text) 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 Pub. L. 105–17 (text) 1997 Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Included a provision that repealed the Smith–Hughes Act.
But a parents' rights provision that would have let failing third graders move on to fourth was stricken.
Three sales-tax holidays don't end until June 30 in Florida to help you save money during your holiday shopping.
In 2021 the Florida Board of Education prohibited teaching about critical race theory or the 1619 Project in public schools. [1]In April 2023, the Board of Education extended the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, often called the "Don't Say Gay" Act, from covering kindergarten to third grade students into covering the entire range of kindergarten to twelfth grade.
Certain pet food and supplies, along with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors have been added to the disaster preparedness list this year.