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Mt. Vernon Out-of-State Purchases Local Use Tax (November 2012)
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A Mt. Vernon Out-of-State Purchases Local Use Tax question was on the November 6, 2012 election ballot in Lawrence County, which is in Missouri, where it was approved.
Election results
| Mt. Vernon Purchase Tax Prop. | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,047 | 63% | ||
| No | 608 | 37% | ||
Election results from Lawrence County Election Results Summary.
Text of measure
Language on the ballot:[1]
| “ | Shall the city of Mt. Vernon impose a local use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax rate, currently two percent (2%), provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchase from out-of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.[2] | ” |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Lawrence County, "November 6, 2012 sample ballot," accessed October 16, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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