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Residents and visitors to Missouri paid $15.1 billion in taxes in 2021

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Missouri collected $15.1 billion in taxes in 2021, a 21.6 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Most tax revenue came from income taxes ($8.4 billion) and sales and gross receipts taxes ($5.9 billion).

The STC survey includes five broad tax categories and up to 25 subcategories. Data is gathered from all 50 state governments and all dependent state-level entities.

The Census Bureau sets the tax classifications among the survey categories and cautions they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Below is a breakdown of how taxes were classified by the bureau and how much was collected.

2021 Missouri Tax Collections
Type of TaxAmount
Property taxes$37,418,000
Sales and gross receipts taxes$5,945,293,000
License taxes$691,696,000
Income taxes$8,402,368,000
Miscellaneous taxes$14,648,000
General sales and gross receipts taxes$4,119,671,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes$1,825,622,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax$46,316,000
Amusements sales tax$354,428,000
Insurance premiums sales tax$447,949,000
Motor fuels sales tax$696,002,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax$0
Public utilities sales tax$0
Tobacco products sales tax$99,418,000
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes$181,509,000
Alcoholic beverages license$6,509,000
Amusements license$20,000
Corporations in general license$0
Hunting and fishing license$41,203,000
Motor vehicle license$334,238,000
Motor vehicle operators license$17,234,000
Public utilities license$19,056,000
Occupation and business license, NEC$183,559,000
Other license taxes$89,877,000
Individual income taxes$7,715,511,000
Corporations net income taxes$686,857,000
Death and gift taxes$3,000
Documentarty and stock transfer taxes$14,599,000
Severance taxes$0
Taxes, NEC$46,000

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