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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David A. Lieb

Do you prefer to pay income taxes or sales taxes? Missouri voters will get to choose

No Income Tax States - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

It's not every day — or even every decade — that voters are presented a decision like this: Should the state's individual income tax be eliminated?

When that question appears on a Missouri ballot later this year, it will mark the first time since the modern income tax began over a century ago that a U.S. state legislature has asked voters whether to eliminate the tax. If they say “yes,” they will also be authorizing a sales tax expansion.

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