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Committee hears competing visions: keep property tax, cap increases or move to consumption tax?
Summary
Committee members and witnesses debated whether Missouri should reform property tax through caps and senior relief, move toward a consumption-based model, or calibrate levy-setting and assessment processes. Rural and urban members said one-size solutions would be difficult to implement statewide.
JEFFERSON CITY — Lawmakers on the Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform heard sharply different policy proposals from committee members and public witnesses, ranging from tighter caps and senior relief to a wholesale shift to a consumption (sales) tax model.
Representative Darren Chappell urged the committee to consider a state-level shift away from taxing income and property toward a consumption basis, recounting his repeated sponsorship of the Missouri Fair Tax. “It’s time...to look very hard at transitioning away from an income tax and away from property taxation and go into a consumption tax basis,” he said in opening remarks.
Several mayors and county officials including Bolivar’s former mayor, Representative…
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