Missouri bill would decrease income tax, increase sales tax

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 8:53 p.m. CDT; updated 9:28 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 12, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY — Disregarding objections from Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, Missouri's Republican Senate passed a tax overhaul Tuesday that would cut income taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars annually for residents and businesses but would charge them more each time they buy something at a store.

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