Title 10 — TAXATION

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There is imposed an excise tax upon the gross receipts of all prime contractors and subcontractors engaged in realty improvement contracts for those persons subject to tax under chapter 10-28 , 10-33 , 10-34 , 10-35 , 10-36 , or 10-36A or any municipal telephone company subject t…

The secretary of revenue shall allow contractors to report and pay contractor's excise tax measured by gross receipts upon an accrual basis if: (1) The contractor has not changed his basis in the previous calendar year; (2) The contractor's records are kept in a manner which may …

If the secretary of revenue has granted a contractor the authority to report and pay contractor's excise tax on the accrual basis and the contractor requests in writing for the authority to report and pay the tax on the cash basis, the secretary may grant such authority if assess…

Taxes paid on gross receipts represented by accounts found to be worthless and actually charged off for income tax purposes, may be credited upon a subsequent payment of the tax. If such accounts are thereafter collected by the contractor, the tax shall be paid upon the amount so…

Any person who holds a license issued pursuant to this chapter or who is a person whose receipts are subject to the tax imposed by this chapter shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, file a return, and pay any tax due, to the Department of Revenue on or before the t…

A contractor may list the contractor's excise tax and any use tax imposed under chapter 10-45 , 10-46 , 10-52 , or 10-52B , as a separate line item on all contracts and bills, both for public and private entities. The line item for excise and use taxes is a part of the contractor…

A contractor shall post his excise tax license number assigned pursuant to this chapter with the building permit for a realty improvement contract. The provisions of § 10-46A-12.1 and this section do not require a building permit if the political subdivision where the realty impr…

If a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability limited partnership subject to tax under this chapter fails for any reason to file the required returns or to pay the tax due, any of the corporate officers, memb…

Any person who: (1) Makes any false or fraudulent return in attempting to defeat or evade the tax imposed by this chapter is guilty of a Class 6 felony; (2) Fails to pay tax due under this chapter within sixty days from the date the tax becomes due is guilty of a Class 1 misdemea…

No tax increase imposed after March 9, 1984, may be levied on the gross receipts of realty improvement contracts bid or entered into on or before the effective date of the tax increase. Source: SL 1984, ch 93 , § 4.

Every contractor or person engaging in a business in this state whose receipts are subject to tax under this chapter shall file with the Department of Revenue an application for a contractor's excise tax license. Every application shall be made upon a form prescribed by the secre…

The secretary of revenue shall grant and issue to each applicant a contractor's excise tax license. A license is not assignable and shall be valid only for the person in whose name it is issued. Any license issued is valid and effective without further payment of fees until cance…

The secretary of revenue may, at his discretion, refuse to issue a license to any person who is delinquent in payment of contractor's excise tax or use tax levied by the State of South Dakota. He may also, in his discretion, require an applicant to furnish bond to the state, or o…

The following service enumerated in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of 1987 as prepared by the Statistical Policy Division of the Office of Management and Budget, Office of the President, is exempt from the provisions of this chapter: industry no. 1752 floor laying …

The following services enumerated in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of 1987 as prepared by the Statistical Policy Division of the Office of Management and Budget, Office of the President, are exempt from the provisions of this chapter: repair shops and related serv…

Any contractor's excise taxes imposed and paid under the provisions of chapters 10-46A and 10-46B for the construction of water development projects included in the state water resources management system whose cost exceeds the sum of twenty million dollars shall be deposited int…

The secretary of revenue may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 concerning: (1) Licensing, including bonding and filing license applications; (2) The filing of returns and payment of the tax; (3) Determining the application of the tax and exemptions; (4) Taxpayer record-ke…

Prime contractors and subcontractors subject to the tax imposed by § 10-46B-1 include without limitation those enumerated in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of 1987 as prepared by the Statistical Policy Division of the Office of Management and Budget, Office of the …

The tax imposed by this chapter shall apply to the total contract price including all labor and materials. Source: SL 1979, ch 84 , § 12E; SL 1980, ch 100 , § 3; SDCL Supp, §

For the purpose of this chapter, the term, gross receipts, means the amount received in money, credits, property, or other money's worth in consideration of the performance of realty improvement contracts within this state, without any deduction on account of the cost of the prop…

If any person, except for a person making an isolated or occasional realty improvement and who does not hold himself out as engaging in the business of making realty improvements, makes a realty improvement without a realty improvement contract and subsequently sells the property…

The secretary of revenue is hereby charged with the enforcement and administration of the provisions of this chapter, and as to licensing and reports, it shall be administered in the same manner as the tax imposed by chapter 10-45 . For enforcement and interest purposes §§ 10-45-…

The tax imposed shall be reported and paid pursuant to § 10-46B-1.6 upon the receipts received under the contract during the period. Source: SL 1979, ch 84 , § 12F; SDCL Supp, § 10-46A-8 ; SL 1998, ch 70 , § 4; SL 2007, ch 65 , § 10. 10-46B-8. Repealed by SL 2017, ch 66 , § 3.

Any municipality may impose an excise tax on contractors gross receipts in a similar manner as imposed by this chapter; provided however, that the same shall be adopted in conformity with chapter 10-52 and the rate thereof shall not exceed one - half percent. Municipalities that …

Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2009, ch 49 , § 6; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2026, ch 33 , § 56.

Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2009, ch 49 , § 6; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1 ), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011. Effective July 1, 2026