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Voters across Boone County approve marijuana sales taxes

April 4, 2023 6:03 PM Ethan Heinz

Residents across Boone County and in its cities voted to impose 3% taxes on marijuana sales in their political subdivisions.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is pictured here in August of 2022 in Washington

IRS suggests waiting to file your taxes if you got a special payment from your state in 2022

February 7, 2023 4:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Millions of Californians in 2022 got a special check from their state government to offer relief from a variety of negative economic events including inflation. Millions of taxpayers in other states got different types of special payments from their state governments as well — such as income or property tax

States with the highest revenue from cannabis taxes

January 24, 2023 10:51 AM Stacker

H_Ko // Shutterstock States with the highest revenue from cannabis taxes Closeup of burning packet of marijuana for cash dollars. The Drug Enforcement Agency hasn’t seen any reason to remove cannabis from its list of Schedule I banned substances. Yet, cannabis in its myriad forms is pulling in billions of dollars in vital tax revenue

House Republicans on Monday approved a rules package for the 118th Congress.

Here’s how the House GOP majority will try to curb federal spending and taxes

January 10, 2023 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Tami Luhby, CNN In adopting their rules package Monday, the new House Republican majority has made it clear that they want to rein in federal government spending and keep a lid on taxes. The package, which governs how the chamber will operate for the next two years, lays out several measures aimed at making

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri cut taxes even more?

January 6, 2023 2:48 AM ABC 17 News Team

Last year Republican lawmakers and Gov. Mike Parson celebrated the passage of a massive income tax cut worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

New Year, New Laws: Minimum wage, taxes, homeless camping

January 1, 2023 8:21 PM Hannah Falcon

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) At the start of the New Year, several new laws and taxes will impact Missourians. Minimum wage increases The minimum wage in Missouri increased to $12 an hour starting Jan. 1. This is thanks to Proposition B, passed by Missouri voters in 2018. Under Prop B, minimum wage increased by 85 cents

Taxes fall, wages rise and jaywalking OK’d by new state laws

December 31, 2022 9:13 AM associatedpress

By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Taxes will fall and minimum wages rise for residents in numerous states as a variety of new laws take effect Sunday that could impact people’s finances and, in some cases, their personal liberties. Some new laws could affect access to abortion. Others will ease restrictions on

States that have increased taxes the most in the last four decades

December 21, 2022 10:50 AM Stacker

How has your tax burden changed since 1980? Stacker examined data from the nonprofit Tax Foundation to see which states have recorded the biggest tax growth in the last four decades.

Missouri’s special session set to start Wednesday

September 14, 2022 5:52 AM Ben Fein

Lawmakers are set to be back in the capital Wednesday, as Missouri’s special session regarding tax cuts is set to begin at 11:30 a.m.

Back-to-school sales tax holiday starts in Missouri

August 5, 2022 5:45 AM Ben Fein

The state of Missouri officially began its back to school sales tax holiday at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning as the exemption is set to run through Sunday, Aug. 7.

Boone County Commission to review use tax Thursday afternoon

April 14, 2022 5:45 AM Ben Fein

The Boone County Commission is set to meet Thursday at 1:30 p.m., as the newly approved use tax for Boone County is set to go through its first reading.

Columbia/Boone County voters approve use tax; Ashland rejects the change

April 6, 2022 4:20 PM Chanel Porter

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, voters in Boone County and Columbia passed a Proposition 1 Use Tax on the ballot which will add a sales tax on out-of-state vendors for online purchases. Boone County’s use tax will be 1.75% and Columbia’s be will 2%. This is the exact same as what residents already pay

Imagine having filed and paid your taxes last year

Talking taxes: preparing for next tax season

March 30, 2022 5:49 PM ABC 17 News Team

Experts explain about preparing for the next tax season.

Talking Taxes: Late tax filings

March 23, 2022 5:56 PM ABC 17 News Team

April 18 is right around the corner and if you haven’t filed your taxes in several years we have some information that might help you.

Talking Taxes: Filing taxes if self-employed

March 16, 2022 5:41 PM ABC 17 News Team

For anyone self-employed or making a living from a service like Door Dash, filing your earnings can be a little tricky so what do you do?

Talking taxes: Business tax

March 2, 2022 2:36 PM ABC 17 News Team

We’re talking about business taxes, anything business owners should know for filing taxes as well as some COVID related items.

Talking taxes: Tax deadlines

February 23, 2022 10:04 PM ABC 17 News Team

As you already know, the last two years Americans have been given extra time for filing their taxes but this year the government is getting back into its normal routine.