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Festus City Use Tax Question (April 2013)
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Festus City Use Tax question was approved on the April 2, 2013 election ballot in Jefferson County, which is in Missouri.
This measure authorized the City of Crystal to impose a use tax at the same rate as the current local sales tax, which is currently 2%, on an individual's out-of-state purchases, if they exceed $2,000 per year. If the sales tax is changed the use tax would changed along with it.[1]
Election results
All Precincts:
| Festus City Use Tax | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 445 | 61% | ||
| No | 286 | 39% | ||
- These election results are from the KSDK Election Results Reporting
Text of measure
Text of the question:
| “ | Shall the City of Festus, Missouri, impose a local use tax at the same rate as the total local sales tax, currently at a rate of two percent (2%), provided that if the local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.
YES |
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jefferson County April 2, 2013 Sample Ballot (dead link)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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