Vernon County Out-of-State Purchases Local Use Tax Question (November 2012)
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A Vernon County Out-of-State Purchases Local Use Tax Question question was on the November 6, 2012 election ballot in Vernon County, which is in Missouri, where it was defeated.
Election results
| Vernon County Use Tax Question | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 4,962 | 62.05% | ||
| Yes | 3,035 | 37.95% | ||
Election results from Vernon County Election Results Summary.
Text of measure
Language on the ballot:[1]
| “ | Shall the County of Vernon place a local use tax on out of state purchases to eliminate the current sales tax advantage that non-Missouri Vendors have over Missouri Vendors at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, currently one percent (1%), 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 purchaser whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.[2] |
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Vernon County, "November 6, 2012 sample ballot," accessed October 17, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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