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N.B., feds strike deal on sales tax compensation
The Holt government has reached a deal with Ottawa on compensation for tens of millions of dollars in lost sales tax revenue from the Christmas season in 2024.
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Missouri among Republican-led states shifting tax burden toward sales taxes

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Missouri among Republican-led states shifting tax burden toward sales taxes • Missouri Independent

Several Republican-led states this year are pushing higher sales taxes as a way to pay for other tax cuts. The moves will force lower- and middle-income residents to foot more of the bill for state services, advocates say.

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Home • Missouri Independent Mar 17

Missouri poll finds ban on transgender care boosts support for outlawing abortion

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Missouri poll finds ban on transgender care boosts support for outlawing abortion • Missouri Independent

A new poll shows a ban on gender-affirming care for minors is the strongest selling point in a Missouri ballot measure to outlaw abortions.

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Home • Missouri Independent Mar 16

Missouri lawmakers are promising tax cuts while making the math harder

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Missouri lawmakers are promising tax cuts while making the math harder • Missouri Independent

The issue is not whether Missouri should raise sales taxes to cut income taxes. It’s whether the legislature is willing to describe the exchange honestly.

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Home • Missouri Independent Mar 13

Missourians should beware of Republican tax cut Trojan Horse

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Missourians should beware of Republican tax cut Trojan Horse • Missouri Independent

In 2024, I competed with Dr. George Hruza for a seat in Missouri’s House of Representatives. It was a spirited race and the closest this West St. Louis County district has seen. He and I mutually agreed not to sink to the level of personal attacks and, while I was not the winner, I feel […]

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Home • Missouri Independent Mar 12

Plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax clears Missouri House

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Plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax clears Missouri House • Missouri Independent

The constitutional amendment that would eliminate Missouri income tax passed the Missouri House of Representatives on Thursday.

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Home • Missouri Independent Mar 10

Missouri House backs GOP plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax

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Missouri House backs GOP plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax • Missouri Independent

A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the Missouri House Tuesday.

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"By the #Alberta government’s own calculations, if we had the same #tax regime (personal, business, and other taxes) as the province with the next lowest taxes, #BritishColumbia, that would generate an additional $16.9 billion in revenues in the 2026-2027 fiscal year. If we emulated #Ontario or #Saskatchewan, the difference climbs to just over $22 billion, and importing the tax regime of #Quebec would generate an extra $31.1 billion."
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Home • Missouri Independent Mar 4

Republicans push forward with proposal to replace Missouri income tax with sales tax

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