Judge keeps Missouri plan to replace income tax with expanded sales taxes on Aug. 4 ballot
A proposal to replace the state individual income tax with expanded or increased sales taxes will be on the Aug. 4 ballot and voters will see the description written by lawmakers, a Cole County judge ruled Monday afternoon.
The measure, the top legislative priority for Gov. Mike Kehoe, will appear on the ballot as Amendment 5. In his ruling, Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh rejected claims from opponents that lawmakers violated limits on constitutional amendments and it was improper to put it to a vote.
An appeal was quickly filed Monday evening.
Amendment 5 is sure to be one of the most expensive ballot campaigns this summer. It has already drawn nearly $2 million in donations to promote it from a not-for-profit called Missouri Promise, while two campaigns are organizing against it, one called Missourians for Fair Taxation, led by the Missouri Association of Realtors to organize business opposition, and another called No Everything Tax, which is organizing opposition from the left.
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