A federal lawsuit seeks a return of the 1% St. Louis earnings tax paid by people who normally work in the city but instead worked from their suburban homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of three suburban St. Louis residents seeks class action status. The plaintiffs’ attorney, Bevis Schock, said last year he planned a class-action lawsuit after St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daily issued a policy barring city earnings tax refunds for employees working outside city limits.
More than one-third of the city’s general revenue comes from the tax, or about $180 million last year.
