Missouri Voters Weigh Ending Income Tax. Here’s How Other States Replace the Revenue
Supporters say the measure would boost growth, while opponents warn it could shift more of the tax burden to sales taxes for most residents.
- Missouri voters will decide on Aug. 4 whether to approve the Missouri Amendment, which would phase out the state's personal income tax by authorizing expansion of sales and use taxes.
- Governor Mike Kehoe advocates for the measure, arguing that eliminating income tax will attract businesses and workers to Missouri, helping the state compete with Tennessee and Texas.
- The Missouri Amendment requires lawmakers to establish "revenue growth triggers" that would gradually reduce income tax, though the proposal does not outline specific tax changes.
- Opponents, including The Missouri Budget Project, estimate 80% of Missourians could face higher taxes, while parents worry the plan could "devastate" public schools despite explicit funding protections.
- State Rep. Steve Butz argues that Missouri cannot replicate models from the nine states without income taxes, citing their unique economic structures as fundamentally different from Missouri's.
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Missouri voters weigh ending income tax. Here’s how other states replace the revenue
(Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight).Voters have the opportunity Aug. 4 to put Missouri on track to be the 10th state without an individual income tax. Many of the states without an income tax have to get creative in the way they generate revenue to fund state operations. From property taxes and sales taxes to communication taxes and live entertainment fees, revenue from these taxes is vital for providing essential services. Individual inco…
Letter: 'Right-to-work' could do more for economy than nixing income tax
Regarding Missouri constitutional Amendment 5: Politicians who posit the idea that a "no income tax" state will attract industry to Missouri like flies to honey, need to rethink that. One missing part of this, is that six of the nine…
Missouri Voters Mull Ending Income Tax in Historic Ballot Measure
Wall Street Journal The migration from high-tax to low-tax locations continues, and more states are trying to reduce or eliminate their income tax to stay competitive. The next may be Missouri, where voters will consider a ballot measure on Aug. 4 to phase it out. Amendment Five would change the Missouri constitution to require lawmakers to cut income taxes if the state hits certain revenue triggers. Once the tax is eliminated, the constitution …
Missouri Amendment 5 would end the income tax and allow more sales taxes. What to know
If approved by Missouri voters on Aug. 4, 2026, Amendment 5 would require the Missouri General Assembly to phase out the income tax based on revenue growth. The amendment also authorizes lawmakers to expand sales and use taxes to replace the lost income tax revenue.
Missouri Amendment 5: Is the $8.5 billion hole real?
The proposed phase-out of state individual income tax would not create a massive state budget deficit. Amendment 5 phases out the income tax gradually, through revenue triggers. The post Letter: Fears of deficit overblown; Amendment 5 will help Missouri grow appeared first on Springfield Daily Citizen.
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