Missouri Revenue

Apples to Oranges: Making Comparisons Between Missouri’s Expanded Sales Tax Proposal and Other States is Unsound

Proponents of the proposal to eliminate Missouri’s current state general revenue structure and replace it with a greatly expanded sales tax often compare their plan to states that do not have an individual income tax. However:
1.    No state currently relies entirely on sales tax to fund its entire state budget; and
2.    No state currently taxes services as broadly as Missouri would under the proposal.
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