A family earning between $49,000 and $78,000 annually would pay an average of $535 more in taxes if Missouri’s income tax is repealed and replaced with higher sales taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
April 30, 2026
AP: In One State, Voters Will Get To Decide Whether To Eliminate the Income Tax. Will More Follow?
Institute on Taxation
and Economic Policy
ITEP is a non-profit, non-partisan tax policy organization. We conduct rigorous analyses of tax and economic proposals and provide data-driven recommendations to shape equitable and sustainable tax systems.
Subscribe to ITEP Emails
Tax research and policy news in your inbox.
Promote Fair Tax Policy
Your gift to ITEP promotes tax justice. With your help, we do research that supports taxing millionaires and billionaires, taxing big corporations and raising revenue for the things our people, our communities and our planet need.
Together, we can create a country with more economic justice, more racial justice, more climate justice… and more tax justice.