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St. Joseph Out-of-State Purchases Local Use Tax (November 2012)
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A St. Joseph Out-of-State Purchases Local Use Tax question was on the November 6, 2012 election ballot in Buchanan County, which is in Missouri, where it was defeated.
Election results
| St. Joseph City Use Tax Prop. | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 16,643 | 59.16% | ||
| Yes | 11,487 | 40.84% | ||
Election results from Buchanan County Election Results Summary
Text of measure
Language on the ballot:[1]
| “ | Shall the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, impose a local use tax on out-of-state purchases at the same rate as the local sales tax, currently at a rate of Two and Three Hundred Seventy Five One Hundredths of One Percent (2.375%), in order to eliminate an inequity between in state and out of state businesses by requiring that the same tax rate be charged on purchases made from businesses located outside Missouri; provided that if any local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the respective local use tax shall also be repealed,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 ($2,000.00) in any calendar year.[2] |
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Buchanan County, "November 6, 2012 sample ballot," accessed October 15, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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