“I imagine during the 1970s and 1980s, bingo was all the rage,' Evans said, 'and there probably was a legitimate regulatory purpose for these license fees and taxes.” He works for the state Department of Revenue and Regulation. But it wasn’t always viewed as “ridiculous.” Jason Evans alluded to that history while testifying to a state Senate committee.
Judging by the applause from legislators during the speech and the bill’s reception so far, the bingo tax is doomed. I’m proposing that we get rid of the bingo tax.'
'Did you know that we have a bingo tax? So this is largely a tax on elderly populations and our veterans. “Although we don’t have many taxes in South Dakota – we’ve been looking for them – I am going to propose that we eliminate one that is incredibly ridiculous,' she said. Kristi Noem took aim at several targets during her recent State of the State address, and she reserved some of her sharpest criticism for a surprising topic. This segment is from SDPB's monthly news program, South Dakota Focus.
