S.D. Court Okays Tax Repeal Vote.

Wireless Week, September, 2006

By Mark Rockwell November vote could set the stage for other wireless tax relief votes. In early August, the South Dakota Supreme Court handed wireless carriers a novel tool that could be used in their campaign to roll back local and state wireless taxes. The ruling allows South Dakota residents to decide whether to repeal a 3-year-old, 4-percent wireless gross receipt tax.

A group of wireless carriers and private individuals spearheaded the effort to get the repeal on the November ballot. Attempts by several state congressmen to repeal the tax in the state ...