Missouri Income Tax Scheme

Shifting to an expanded sales tax would dramatically increase daily costs for Missourians & local businesses and dampen consumer spending in communities across the state. Read More

States such as Tennessee, Florida, and Texas that do not levy an income tax are not low-tax for everyone. Instead they are only low-tax for the wealthy, while low-and-moderate income earners pay a higher share of their income in state and local taxes as compared to Missouri and Read More

Despite a looming budget cliff, Missourians will soon be asked to vote on a constitutional amendment that initiates a swap of the income tax for a greatly expanded sales tax. While the specifics would be determined by lawmakers in a future legislative session, this means that: • Read More

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