Missouri Supreme Court Declines to Hear Amendment 5 Appeal
The ruling keeps revised language that says expanding sales and use taxes is the main path to eliminating the income tax.
- On Monday, The Missouri Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal regarding Amendment 5, leaving in place the revised ballot summary for the Aug. 4 election.
- The Western District Court ruled Friday that the ballot summary required revision after determining it failed to clarify how the income tax elimination would occur. Judge Thomas Chapman wrote the language needed emphasis on sales tax expansion as the mechanism.
- Gov. Mike Kehoe criticized the court intervention, stating, "Missouri is falling behind other states," while defending Amendment 5 as the best opportunity to modernize the state's tax code.
- The ballot will ask voters whether the Missouri Constitution should be amended to require a legislative phase-out of the individual state income tax and authorize expansion of sales and use taxes.
- Campaigns for and against Amendment 5 now enter their final push before voters decide, with opponents including the Missouri Association and Realtors warning the "Everything Tax" will increase everyday costs from haircuts to healthcare.
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Judge keeps tax overhaul measure on Missouri ballot
A Cole County judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment allowing Missouri to phase out its individual income tax and expand sales taxes can remain on the Aug. 4 ballot. Opponents argued the measure violated the state constitution by combining multiple subjects into a single proposal, but the court disagreed. The measure, known as Amendment 5, would authorize lawmakers to broaden or increase sales taxes as part of a plan to elimi…
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Missouri Supreme Court declines to hear appeal over Amendment 5 ballot summary
The Missouri Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a last-minute appeal over the ballot summary for a measure to repeal the state income tax.
Missouri Supreme Court denies appeal in income tax ballot language case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday denied the state's appeal on a ruling last week that tweaked the ballot language on a question asking voters to eliminate the state income tax. Chief Justice W. Brent Powell denied the appeal by state officials to challenge the rewritten ballot language in an order
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