The Sales Tax Holiday Is Not Great Policy
…that ideal sales tax. The plethora of special taxing districts in the state certainly plays a large part in Missouri’s complicated sales tax landscape, but sales tax holidays and other…
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Where Not to Go on the Sales Tax Holiday
…tax in place. But what’s the point of a sales tax holiday if municipalities can opt out? The resulting dissimilarity in tax rates among Missouri’s municipalities distorts consumer behavior and…
I Love the Sales Tax Holiday!
I stand to respectfully yet strongly disagree with my colleague Sarah Brodsky, over her arguments against the sales tax holiday. The state sales tax holiday occurs each year sometime in…
Eighty-Three Special Taxing Districts Opted Out of Tax-Free Weekend
…during the first weekend of August. But some taxes kept on working through the holiday. By state law, local taxing jurisdictions can opt out of the annual sales tax holiday….
No Sales Tax Holiday in Jeff City
…paying taxes, and I’m not a big fan of sales taxes in particular. But I think Jefferson City is right to avoid a sales tax holiday. Taxes should be broad-based,…
The Infamous Green Sales Tax Holiday Is Here
…green sales tax holiday is exceptionally bad because it distorts both the timing of sales, as all sales tax holidays do, and the choice of which products to buy. The…
Illinois Legislators Jump on the Sales Tax Holiday Bandwagon
…to Missouri’s sales tax holiday, only spread over a longer time period. I hope Missouri and Illinois aren’t going to engage in an arms race of longer and longer sales…
Sales Tax Holidays Have Little Effect
This is from a Wall Street Journal article about back-to-school sales: Despite sales tax holidays in several states designed to spur sales, back-to-school spending remains lackluster, according to industry experts….
Sales Tax Holidays ? Ineffective Economic Medicine
An editorial in the Southeast Missourian (link via Combest) compares the proposed sales tax holiday to cough syrup: A statewide proposal to create a sales-tax holiday in late June to…
