Cole County Judge Rules for State in Income Tax Ballot Issue Challenge

Missouri judge rejects effort to strike Kehoe's tax overhaul plan from the August ballot

Opponents argue that the proposal to expand sales and use taxes, known as Amendment 5, violated constitutional prohibitions on addressing more than one subject. They plan to appeal the ruling.

Missouri ballot issue to end income tax is lawful, judge says, in win for GOP

A judge was unconvinced that the proposed constitutional amendment unlawfully contained multiple subjects or that its language was unfair.

Judge keeps Missouri plan to replace income tax with expanded sales taxes on ballot

Opponents quickly appealed the ruling, leaving lawmakers’ description of Amendment 5 intact as a ballot deadline approaches.

Judge keeps Missouri plan to replace income tax with expanded sales taxes on Aug. 4 ballot

The proposal to replace the Missouri individual income tax with expanded sales taxes, sought by Gov. Mike Kehoe during his Jan. 13 State of the State address, will appear on the Aug. 4 primary ballot as Amendment 5 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications).A proposal to replace the state individual income tax with expanded or increased sales taxes will be on the Aug. 4 ballot and voters will see the description written by lawmakers, a Cole Coun…

Cole County judge rules for state in income tax ballot issue challenge

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge ruled Monday in favor of the state, rejecting claims that a ballot issue to eliminate Missouri's income tax violated the state constitution. Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh ruled against the plaintiff, Jill Owens, on all four counts and declared the judgment final after Gov. Mike Kehoe decided last

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