Missouri Use Tax: Voter Approval & Next Steps
We once again extend our gratitude to all who participated in the recent election. The Use Tax was adopted by a majority vote, reflecting the community’s support for a fair and modern approach to local tax collection.
We are committed to ensuring that the next steps are carried out with clarity, transparency, and accountability.
What This Means:
The approved Use Tax allows for the collection of a tax on out-of-state purchases made online or through other remote sellers, equal to the local sales tax rate. This is not an additional tax on local purchases, but rather a measure that brings fairness to all retail transactions—supporting local businesses and contributing to public services.
Next Steps:
Implementation Timeline: The Use Tax will go into effect tentatively July of 2025 in accordance with Missouri Regulations.
Transparency and Accountability:
The County is committed to full transparency regarding the use and reporting of Use Tax revenues. Regular updates and financial reports will be made available to the public.
Accountability ➡️ https://mcdonaldcountymo.gov/general-finances/
Revenue re allocated to our County from the Use Tax will support most visibly your county infrastructure, public safety, and general operations.
We understand that change invites questions, and we are committed to open dialogue and community support throughout this process. For FAQs and updates, please visit our website regularly or Department of Revenue.
Thank you for your continued engagement in shaping our community.
TransparencyMatters #keepourcountybeautiful #FiscalResponsibility #Accountability
2025 Election Year Is Underway !
Apr 8, 2025 – General Municipal Election
Candidate Filing Period:
December 10, 2024 – December 31, 2024
Last Day to Register to Vote:
March 12, 2025
Last Day to Request an Absentee Ballot to be mailed to voter:
March 26, 2025
All McDonald County voters can absentee vote at the County Clerk’s between:
March 25, 2025 – April 7, 2025
Election Day:
April 8, 2025
Missourians prepare for November 5, 2024 General Election.
Last day to register to vote, for the General Election is October 9, 2024, office will remain open until 5pm. Absentee Voting for this election is scheduled to begin September 24, 2024. Voters can request absentee ballots from their local election authority in person, by mail, by fax or by e-mail. Call 417-223-7530 your local County Clerk to request your McDonald County Ballot. Relatives within the second degree (spouse, parents and children) may complete an absentee ballot application, in person, on behalf of the voter who wishes to vote absentee. Sample Ballots once available will be found in our Elections Division.
You can find more information with our Secretary of State’s office.
Notice of Offices for Which Candidates are to be Nominated at the August 6, 2024 Primary Election
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to persons wishing to file a declaration of candidacy to appear as a candidate for nomination at the primary election that filing will open on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. and will continue until Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Filing for the following offices will take place in the office of the Honorable John R. Ashcroft, Missouri Secretary of State, in the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center at 600 West Main Street in Jefferson City, Missouri:
U.S. Senator
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
Attorney General
Representative in Congress 7th Congressional District
State Senator for 29th district
House of Representatives159th District
Circuit Judge No. 40, Division 1
Circuit Judge No. 40, Division 2
FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that filing for the following offices will take place in the office of Kimberly Bell, County Clerk, McDonald County, Pineville, Missouri.
Eastern County Commissioner
Western County Commissioner
Sheriff
Assessor
Public Administrator
Coroner
Surveyor
Central Committeeman
Central Committeewoman
In addition, such offices as become vacant by expiration of term, by death or resignation of incumbent or vacant for any cause, and which under the law, should be filled at the general election to be held November 5, 2024.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION AND VOTING:
Persons may contact their local election authority by telephone at 417-223-7530 or by mail at County Clerk, P.O. Box 665, Pineville, MO 64856 or by email mcdonald@sos.mo.gov
The Missouri Secretary of State’s office provides a toll free number for persons with hearing impairments who have access to a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD). TDD users may call 800-669-8683 to obtain information on voter registration, polling place location and accessibility, absentee balloting, and other election-related services available in their local jurisdictions and from the State of Missouri.
CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION OFFICIALS
Given under my hand and official seal at the Capitol in the City of Jefferson, State of Missouri, this 18th day of December, A.D., 2023.
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John R. Ashcroft
Secretary of State
I, Kimberly Bell, County Clerk within and for the county of McDonald, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct list as certified to me by John R. Ashcroft, Secretary of State, State of Missouri, of the offices for which candidates are to be nominated or elected at the PRIMARY ELECTION to be held August 6, 2024.
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Kimberly Bell
County Clerk
Recreational marijuana use sales tax passes on the April Ballot.
McDonald County Commission let the voters decide whether the county should collect a 3% sales tax
on purchases of recreational marijuana within the county.
When voters approved Amendment 3 in November of 2022 legalizing the sale of marijuana in Missouri, they also approved a provision within that Amendment allowing governing bodies to impose a sales tax on the retail sale of adult use marijuana. However, county governments must take the extra step of holding an election before collecting the tax. The issue was held on the ballot April 4, 2023.
The sales tax would apply only to the retail sales of adult recreational use marijuana within McDonald County.
Ballot language read as: “Shall McDonald County, Missouri impose a countywide sales tax of three percent (3%) on all tangible personal property retail sales of adult use marijuana sold in McDonald County, Missouri?”
McDonald County voters passed the issue.
Official returns of the April 2023 election, for McDonald County are as follows:
County Sales Tax on Adult Use Marijuana:
YES – 714
NO – 300