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Missouri House Votes to Waive Penalties for Paying Overdue Taxes

A bill before the Missouri House would prevent the body from giving tax credits moving jobs from Kansas to Missouri.
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A bill before the Missouri House would prevent the body from giving tax credits moving jobs from Kansas to Missouri.

  Missouri House members voted 141-7 today to send a proposal to the Senate that would waive penalties for those who agree to pay overdue Missouri taxes.

Delinquent taxpayers would need to pay their bills between July 1 and Sept. 30 to qualify.

Legislative researchers estimate the measure would bring in nearly $20 million in additional general revenues next fiscal year.

But similar tax amnesty proposals have stalled in previous years in the Senate.

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