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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

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

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

Lawmakers are considering swapping out the income tax for a greatly expanded sales tax. The proposal would blow a $5 billion hole in the state budget, causing massive cuts to schools, particularly in rural areas.1 If resulting cuts are equally distributed across the budget, state Read More

Some Missouri lawmakers want to eliminate the state’s income tax and greatly expand sales taxes, pointing to states like Tennessee, Florida, & Texas as models. But those states have resources Missouri does not have, and except for the highest earners, taxpayers in those Read More

Updated February 2026View previous version here Governor Kehoe recently announced that Missouri expects a $2 billion general revenue shortfall for fiscal year 2027 (the state budget year that begins July 1st). This shortfall is mostly the result of previously enacted state tax Read More

Submitted on Behalf of Amy Blouin, President & CEO of the Missouri Budget Project Swapping out the income tax for a greatly expanded sales tax is a lose-lose proposal for Missourians, our communities and our economy: – 60-80% of Missourians would see a net tax increase Read More