Sources & citations are included in the PDF version of this report. Data centers, also known as data storage centers, often receive generous tax breaks from state and local governments. However, lack of transparency and concrete evidence of the centers’ benefits has led to Read More

For Immediate Release: April 21, 2026 Legislature’s Tax Scheme Will Hurt MissouriansStatement from Amy Blouin, President and CEO, Missouri Budget Project With this vote, state lawmakers have advanced to the ballot a misleading tax scheme that would result in a massive tax hike Read More

Critics of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB), or HR1, passed by Congress July 2025, raised concerns that the bill’s expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements would cause many Missourians in need to lose food assistance at a time when the Read More

Missouri policymakers are considering a proposal to swap the income tax for a greatly expanded sales tax, rigging the system for the wealthy and hurting Missourians and their communities. Not only would most rural Missourians see a tax increase under this tax scheme, but state Read More

A proposal touted as an elimination of Missouri’s income tax is in reality the introduction of a two-step process that would swap the individual income tax for greatly expanded sales taxes. This switch would increase total taxes for up to 4 out of 5 Missourians and harm our Read More

The Missouri budget is a statement of our priorities as a state. Each number in the budget represents an investment in our kids, parents, grandparents, and neighbors. Every Missourian wants to live in a healthy, thriving community, where they and their family can thrive from Read More

Missouri policymakers are considering a proposal to swap the income tax for a greatly expanded sales tax, rigging the system for the wealthy and hurting Missourians and their communities. Not only would most Missourians with disabilities see a tax increase under this tax scheme, Read More

Proposals to swap Missouri’s state income tax for a greatly expanded sales tax would shift taxes away from the very wealthy and onto Missourians struggling to make ends meet, while also putting the services Missourians need at risk of severe cuts. – Because much retiree Read More

For Immediate Release: March 10, 2026Contact: Traci Gleason Swapping State Income Tax for Increased Sales Taxes Will Harm Missourians, State & Local EconomyStatement from Amy Blouin, President and CEO, Missouri Budget Project In voting to move forward on a tax scheme that Read More