Welcome:

General Overview

In South Dakota and in Hill City you can start a business, hire some of the hardest working people in America, and together you can make money and keep it. South Dakota stands firm business incentives to attract and keep new businesses in out state. We have: NO corporate income new corporate tax, NO personal income tax, NO personal property tax and NO business inventory tax. What an ideal climate to locate your businesses.

Local, regional and state agencies are willing to get behind your business with a fine tuned network of state and local advocates. All are poised to answer questions, eliminate problems and prevent anything resembling red tape.

Hill City is located in the beautiful Black Hills, a back drop of natural beauty, rich in historical spirit and and in a prime tourism location. We enjoy a wholesome environment where crime and pollution are scarce, traffic jams are nearly unheard of and stress is something our structural engineers deal with.

South Dakota's pro-business attitude does not fluctuate with every election. Our state government has always been a friend to business. Our pro-business attitude is here today - and tomorrow.

Top Considerations

Sales Tax

A retail sales and use tax of 4% is imposed by the state, with Hill City imposing an additional 2%, or 3% for Food and Beverage.

Unemployment Insurance

South Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment insurance rates in the nation. Employers pay from .00 to 7.7 percent of the first $9,000.00 in wages paid to each employee during a calendar year. The rate for new employers is 1.9% the first and 1.7% for the second and third years if they maintain a positive balance. Thereafter, the rate is based on experience, the average rate is .8%.

Key points

• No corporate income tax
• No personal income tax
• No business inventory tax
• No personal property tax
• Financing incentives for new & expanding businesses
• Training programs
• Available buildings
• Available land
• Low overhead costs
  

Trained Work Force

• Attracts workers from a four-state region
• Home of two state universities
• Home to two private colleges
• Home to one state technical institute
  

Transportation is Available

• Rail system to Rapid City, truck to Hill City
• I- 90 to Rapid City, Hwy 16 & 385 to Hill City
• Competitive freight costs
• Overnight delivery available from Fed EX, UPS,
  and the Postal Service
• Less than two days by truck to either coast
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• Rapid City Regional Airport is just 40 minutes away. Commercial service is available from Northwest, United Express (United), and Skyway (Delta), servicing Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake City and Sioux Falls.