Income Tax Scheme

The “Everything Tax” would swap Missouri’s income tax for a massive increase in sales taxes. This would increase overall taxes for most Missourians, cut critical services that support Missourians and damage our state economy – all to give the wealthiest yet another big tax break. 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

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

Missouri lawmakers are considering swapping out the income tax for a greatly expanded sales tax. This proposal would put affordable housing and non-profits at risk by eliminating key sources of funding for community development and investment. Many tax credits in Missouri serve 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