Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Expanding Sales Tax Collections

FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is expanding sales tax collections on the reservation that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.

The tribe has tax commissions in both states. The commission on the South Dakota side has long collected a sales tax.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Tribal Council voted unanimously in May to also enter into a tax-collection agreement with the state of North Dakota. The tribe will receive 80 percent of the revenue from the tax on the North Dakota portion of the reservation, and the state will receive 20 percent.

Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II acknowledged some tribal members aren't happy. But he says the revenue could help with infrastructure needs and lead to economic development.

The 5 percent tax goes into effect July 1.

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