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TAXES

 

Constitutional Provisions and Statutes

Hancock Amendment (Mo. Con. Art. X Sec. 16-24)

  • Sales Tax

RSMo. Chapter 144 - In General

RSMo 94.500-94.550 - General purpose

RSMo 94.575 & RSMo 94.577 - Capital improvement                                                     

RSMo 67.1305 - Economic development

RSMo 321.242 - Fire protection

RSMo 644.032 - Parks and storm water

RSMo 94.700 to 94.755 - Transportation

RSMo 32.087 - Procedure voter approval

RSMo 144.049 - Back to school sales tax holiday

RSMo 144.526 - Green appliance sales tax holiday

RSMo 144-032 - Sales tax may be imposed on domestic utility usuage

RSMo 144.062 - Public construction project exemptions

RSMo 144.030 #17 - Admission to municipally owned facilities exempt from sales tax

RSMo 144.069 - Sales of autos consummated at address of owner

 

  • Property Tax

RSMo 67.110 - Procedure to set property tax rate

RSMo Chapter 90 - Park property tax

RSMo Chapter 139 - Collection of current taxes

RSMo Chapter 140 - Collection of delinquent taxes

RSMo 94.310 - word "county" as used in chapter 140 includes "city"

RSMo 137.090 - Personal property to be claimed at place of residency

Mo Con. Art. IV Sec. 30 (a) #3 - 2/3rds vote needed for local option gasoline tax

 

RSMo 149.192 - No new local cigarettee taxes

Ordinances

Opt Out Ordinance for Back to School Sales Tax Holiday

Opt In Ordinance for Green Sales Tax Holiday

Use Tax Ordinance (St. Louis County)

Use Tax Ordinance (NOT St. Louis County)

Articles

A Taxing Issue, League Staff, 2002

Collection of Delinquent Municipal Real Estate And Personal Property Taxes, Nickolaus, 2003

Protecting Tax Payers from Tax Increases Caused by Reassessment.Gibbons.2009

Summary of SB 711.Cunningham,Vogel & Rost.2009

Timeline for Assessment Cycle.SB711.MSTC

 

Attorney General Opinions

A.G. Opinion No. 196-2009 & No. 200-2009 - Munis in charter counties have until October 1 to set levies.

Technical Bulletins

Taxation and Revenue in Missouri Municipalities.  Presents a comprehensive analysis of each source of municipal revenue, including a city-by-city analysis of the rates and total yields of each source (January 2009). 

Links

DOR's Sales and Use Tax Information Page

Local Government Tax Guide - Missouri Department of Revenue

DOR's Green Sales Tax Holiday Information Page

DOR's Back to School Tax Holiday Information Page

Missouri State Tax Commission

 

 

 

 

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