QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you happy with Missouri’s new vehicle sales tax law?
Matthew Sanders
Missouri’s General Assembly may have found the solution to all of those expired temporary registrations on the state’s roads.
A law takes effect Aug. 28 that will require vehicle buyers to pay sales tax at the time of purchase, instead of enjoying the grace period they do now. The change means those expired tags should go away (those license plates with expired registration will remain unaffected).
A local car salesman told ABC 17 News there is a negative consequence from the law — many buyers will find they won’t have the same purchasing power when they have to finance sales tax. And those expired tags will hang around for a bit after it takes effect because implementing the changes will take time.
Are you happy with the new law? Let us know by voting in the poll.