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Doing Business in South Dakota

South Dakota is a very friendly state to do business in. The state of South Dakota has enjoyed a balanced budget for 113 years, an indication of a balanced and healthy economy. Click here for more information about doing business in South Dakota.

Here are some great reasons to do business in South Dakota:

• No state corporate or personal income tax.
• No personal property tax.
• No business inventory tax.
• Fourth lowest average unemployment insurance rates.
• Free of excessive government regulations and red tape.
• Low energy and facility costs.
• Excellent air, rail and highway systems.
• Attractive financing and employee training grants.
• Low cost of living.
• Fourth lowest overall crime rate in the USA.
• Healthy and clean environment.
• Number one for high school graduation rates in the nation.
• Forty-four percent of the workforce has completed a year or more of college.
• South Dakota ranks in the top ten nationally for SAT verbal and mathematics scores.
• South Dakota has more fiber optic cable than any other state in the USA.
• Second and third generation Northern European workforce with solid work ethics.

Make the Move to South Dakota - These companies did!

• Gateway
• Citigroup
• Conseco
• 3M
• Polaris
• Yellow Freight
• GE - ASI
• Mutual of Omaha

 

 

 

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