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Missouri Income Tax Maximum and Exceptions to Sales Tax Expansion Ban Amendment (2022)

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Missouri Income Tax Maximum and Exceptions to Sales Tax Expansion Ban Amendment (2022)
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Taxes
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Missouri Income Tax Maximum and Exceptions to Sales Tax Expansion Ban Amendment was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]

This amendment would have limited the state income tax rate to a maximum of 5.9%. It would also have provided the following exceptions to the existing prohibition on expanding a state or local sales and transaction tax to any services or transactions not taxed as of January 1, 2015:[2]

  • subscriptions,
  • licenses for digital products, and
  • online purchases of tangible personal property.


Text of the measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article X, Missouri Constitution

The measure would have amended section 4(d) and section 26 of Article X of the state constitution. The full text of the amendment is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the Missouri State Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives.

On February 24, 2022, the state Senate approved Senate Joint Resolution 33 by a vote of 30-1.[1] This measure did not receive a vote in the state House before the legislative session adjourned.

Vote in the Missouri State Senate
February 24, 2022
Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 18  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total3013
Total percent88.24%2.94%8.82%
Democrat712
Republican2301

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