taxes

Starting this week, delinquent Missouri taxpayers can pay back taxes without penalties or interest under a temporary amnesty program.

A Missouri measure set to take effect this year will ensure restaurant owners are responsible only for collecting income taxes on cash tips workers report to them.

Missouri's revenues are up more than 3 percent so far this fiscal year but the state's budget chief says that's not enough to pay for all of Missouri's expenses.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed 10 tax break bills that he says jeopardized the state budget.

Missouri has been slower than usual in paying out tax refunds this year.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says any "discussion of tax cuts is a nonstarter" until lawmakers first take steps to curb the amount of money going to tax breaks for developers.

Any money not spent by Missouri in a fiscal year would become a tax credit for the state's taxpayers under a measure heard by a Senate panel.

Illinois lawmakers could consider legislation that would help limit property tax increases for business owners who rebuild from last year's tornadoes.

A federal judge has ruled that more than 250 Missouri municipalities and St. Louis County don't have to pay anything to AT&T customers for improperly collected taxes on Internet access.

The amount of historic preservation tax credits authorized in Missouri dipped slightly during the recent budget year.