Tax collections at the 2019 South Dakota State Fair were almost $12-thousand higher than last year’s fair.
The South Dakota Department of Revenue says figures from the five-day fair in Huron show $217,923 in total tax collections, an increase of 5.79% from 2018. The 2019 fair featured 435 vendors, up from 424 the year before.
Of the taxes collected, $115,080 was state sales tax, $37,511 was state tourism tax and $65,332 was Huron’s municipal sales tax.
