Brian Kroshus

BISMARCK – North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the second quarter of 2025 increased by 3.4% compared to the same period in 2024, Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus announced this week. For April, May and June of 2025, taxable sales and purchases totaled $7.08 billion, versus $6.85 billion in the prior year.

“While purchasing activity in the second quarter, particularly in the industrial sector, indicates a relatively stable economic environment, tariff-induced buying activity or front-loading by companies in advance of trade agreement deadlines imposed on key U.S. trading partners likely contributed to the year-over-year gain,” Kroshus said in a news release. “The extent to which that occurred, however, won’t be fully known until the latter part of this year and into

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