Growth: First-quarter taxable sales, purchases up 14.5 percent

North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the first quarter of 2012 are up more than 52 percent statewide from 2011, according to a report released Wednesday by the North Dakota Tax Commissioner’s Office. “This report shows that the growth and strength of the economy is across the entire state in almost all of the industry sectors,” said Cory Fong, state tax commissioner.

By: Brian Willhide, The Jamestown Sun