(Sioux Falls, SD) — One county official is giving more clarification into Governor Rhoden’s homeowner tax relief proposal. Mid-March, the governor signed Senate Bill 216 into law, limiting the increase in owner-occupied assessments to three-percent through 2030. Earlier this week, Rhoden announced the Homeowners Tax Relief Program that allocates a half-percent sales tax with proceeds going to owner-occupied tax relief. Director of equalization for Lincoln County, Karla Goossen, says the three-percent value cap on owner-occupied homes is not a cap on individual homes. Goossen, who works with property tax evaluations, told county commissioners that she wants the public to know that the value cannot increase by more than three percent on individual home bills.
