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State Tax Policy

Bolster the Middle Class with an Earned Income Tax Credit

A state Earned Income Tax Credit would provide a much-needed boost for hardworking families. This bottom-up tax cut builds the middle class, spurs local economic growth, and provides long-term benefits to families and communities. Updated February 2021
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Interactive Map: EITC by County & District

Updated February 1, 2023 with data from the 2020 tax year. The following map shows the percent of households eligible for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit by County and by Missouri State Senate and State House districts.
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EITC Refundability Would Offset Regressive Taxes for Lower Earning Missourians

EITC Refundability Download the PDF Version A state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) could benefit as many as 488,000 working families with modest wages, providing hardworking Missouri families the ability to achieve a better future and a pathway to the middle class. By making the
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State EITC Could Benefit Nearly 30,000 Missouri Grandparents Raising Grandkids

Download PDF Version The opioid epidemic has wreaked havoc on families around our country, and grandparents across our state are stepping in to raise  grandchildren, well after they thought their days of child-rearing were over. Missouri could help ease the financial burden of
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Picking Winners and Losers: Missouri’s Business Income Deduction is Bad Tax Policy

Download the PDF Missourians want good schools for their kids, safe roads and bridges, and affordable health care for their families. To support our state’s  public services, Missourians expect a fair tax policy where everyone pays their fair share. Eliminating Missouri’s “LLC
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HB 548 Would Further Destabilize MO Budget

Download/View the PDF Version Although certain provisions of House Committee Substitute for House Bill 548 (HB 548) would close an ongoing tax loophole, the remainder of the bill would make Missouri’s tax structure more unfair for most Missourians, shortchange education funding,
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Wayfair Fix Can Help Stabilize Missouri’s Budget

View/Download the PDF Version By enacting the “Wayfair Fix,” legislators can level the playing field for Missouri businesses, help balance the state’s budget, and provide the much-needed resources our communities need to prosper. While Missouri’s local businesses contribute to
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Missouri’s Circuit Breaker Property Tax Credit Assists Seniors & Missourians Living with Disabilities in Every District

Click Here to View the PDF Version The Circuit Breaker is a popular tax credit that helps seniors and Missourians living with disabilities who have fixed incomes to stay in their homes by offsetting costs related to property taxes. When the credit was established, lawmakers
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Proposition D/Motor Fuel Tax Increase – Summary

Download the PDF Version In the 2018 state legislative session, lawmakers passed House Bill 1460, which places a proposed increase in Missouri’s fuel tax on the November 2018 general election ballot. The ballot measure, known as Proposition D, would phase-in a 10 cent increase
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