Prop A Puts Earnings Tax Where It Belongs: Right in Front of Us

The passage of Proposition A means that, starting in the Spring 2011 election cycle, a vote will exist on whether or not the City will retain the 1% Earnings Tax on citizens and employees of City-based businesses. If not passed, the issue will return to the ballot on a five-year basis, coming back as an electable issue in the 2016 election cycle, then 2021, and so forth.

While the passage of Prop A was a state-wide event, the upcoming elections on the specific cities with earnings taxes will take place only within the voting constituencies of Kansas City and Saint Louis, the only cities in Missouri with earnings taxes. Or: No worries of out-state voting on the earnings tax in 2011 or thereafter.