Laurie Schedules Hearings on Proposed Use Tax

On Wednesday, August 1st and August 4th, public hearings on the proposed use tax in the City of Laurie will be held at City Hall on Hwy. 5.
The Laurie Board of Aldermen are asking voters, on August 7th, to approve a 2 percent use tax with the stated intent to replace revenue being lost from sales tax on out-of-state purchases of cars, trucks, boats, motors and trailers as well as in-state transfer of the same properties between individuals.
The revenue is being lost due to a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling that made the collection of this type of sales tax unconstitutional for counties and cities.
The rate on the ballot would not increase the rate but replace the rate of the old sales tax.
Forty-one of the 114 counties in Missouri have passed the use tax including Miller and Benton Counties.