Sales Tax

The bills now move to the House. Meanwhile, legalizing sports betting is stalled in the Senate.

Renewed bipartisan efforts to eliminate the sales tax on grocery food this legislative session have hit roadblocks.

The 2022 ballot item legalizing recreational marijuana allows local governments to levy a 3% tax on sales with voter approval.

A bill in the Missouri House to expand the sales tax exemption so that includes food purchased with food stamps became a bill virtually ending the exemption., making it a $416 million tax increase.

The Department of Revenue’s computer system is outdated and will require time to start the implementation. When it does start collecting, the tax will put Missouri retailers on a level playing field with other states.

Illinois Senators overwhelmingly override Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s veto of a sales tax exemption Wednesday, a day after member of the House did the same. It...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Chesterfield’s bid to keep more of the sales tax it generates.At issue was an arrangement detailing how St.…

St. Louis has the highest sales tax rates in the state of Missouri. Some parts of the city see rates as high as 11.679%. But the revenue doesn’t all go to…

Missouri is one of the only states that did not update its tax law after the U.S. Supreme Court case South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. This decision allowed…

Stores in Illinois keep a portion of what you pay in sales tax. Think of it like a collection fee, though in state government shorthand it’s called a...