2026 tax year · South Dakota

Marketplace seller taxes in South Dakota

Etsy, eBay, Shopify and the rest report your gross and withhold nothing. The gap between that and what you are actually taxed on is your costs, in South Dakota that gap is worth $5,937 in tax.

Take a driver who grossed $45,000 over 18,000 business miles. After mileage at 74.3 cents and the rest of the stack, worked through on the marketplace seller page $26,775 comes off and $18,225 is left as taxable profit. That profit is what South Dakota and the IRS charge against.

What that leaves you owing in South Dakota

Self-employment tax$2,575
Federal income tax$67
South Dakota income tax$0, no state income tax
Total tax$2,642
Effective rate on gross5.9%

Earning more in South Dakota

A single filer taking the standard deduction, this work as the only income, the calculator above handles the other filing statuses. Miles rise with earnings, so the deduction rises too, and the effective rate on gross climbs more slowly than it would for someone whose income grew without expenses attached:

VolumeGrossMileage offTaxable profitSouth Dakota taxTotal taxRate on gross
Part-time $15,000 $0 $15,000 , $2,119 14.1%
Steady side income $45,000 $0 $45,000 , $8,579 19.1%
Full-time $72,000 $0 $72,000 , $14,803 20.6%

Switching state opens that state's page.

Enter your numbers and press Calculate to see your 2026 estimate.

Selling into and out of South Dakota

Income tax follows you: South Dakota taxes your profit wherever the buyer was. Sales tax does not. Marketplace facilitator laws make the platform collect and remit sales tax on your behalf in most states, which is why a seller can have customers in all fifty and still file only one income tax return. Selling off-platform is where that stops being true.

On $18,225 of profit, what the states around South Dakota would charge:

StateIts taxvs South Dakota
North Dakota $0 same
Wyoming No income tax same
Montana $199 +$199
Nebraska $596 +$596
Iowa $693 +$693
Minnesota $975 +$975

Marketplace seller tax questions in South Dakota

How much should a South Dakota seller set aside?

About 5.9% of gross on the $45,000 example, $2,642 across self-employment tax, federal income tax and nothing to South Dakota. Set aside from each payout rather than finding it in April.

Does the $45,000 on my 1099-NEC match what South Dakota taxes?

No. South Dakota taxes profit, not gross. After $26,775 of deductions the taxable figure is $18,225, so there is no South Dakota tax either way. But the federal side drops by $5,937.

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