Tax Season
• The month of April can be an exciting time for many South Dakotans. Spring sports are in full swing and the weather typically warms, although we all know that South Dakota hasn't been too lucky this year. April also means that individuals, families and businesses across the state are filing taxes.
• April 15^th, the tax deadline, has come and gone. It takes the average taxpayer approximately 13 hours to prepare to pay taxes and nine of out of every ten taxpayers are forced to hire a professional or buy software just to prepare their taxes.
• According to the Tax Foundation, 100 percent of the money American workers earn from January 1^st to April 18^th, a total of 108 days, will go to pay federal, state and local taxes in 2013.  "Tax Freedom Day," the day on which Americans will start working for anything besides taxes, falls on April 18^th. In contrast, Tax Freedom Day in 1900 was January 22^nd - nearly three months earlier.
•  This is a troubling trend for too many Americans.  Taxpayers are working longer to pay their taxes and finding it increasingly difficult to comply with the tax code. It is

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