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Editor's Note: On April 1, 1997, Richard Struckhoff, County Clerk, certified passage of taxes stated in §§ 130.110 and 130.120.
[R.O. 2017 § 130.120; Ord. No. 97-011601 §§ 1 — 2, 1-16-1997]
A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted by and subject to the provisions of Sections 94.500 to 94.550, RSMo., a tax for general revenue purposes is hereby imposed upon all sellers for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling tangible personal property or rendering taxable services at retail in the City to the extent and in the manner provided in Sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo., and the rules and regulations of the Director of Revenue issued pursuant thereto. The rate of the tax shall be one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within Battlefield, Missouri, if such property and taxable services are subject to taxation by the State of Missouri under the provisions of Sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo., including in particular the tax permitted under Section 144.032, RSMo. The tax shall become effective as provided in Subsection (2) of Section 32.087, RSMo., and shall be collected pursuant to the provisions of Sections 94.500 to 94.550, RSMo., and Sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo.
B. 
All Non-Profit Organizations. All non-profit organizations that have a current State sales tax exemption number from the State Department of Revenue setting forth that they are currently exempt from State sales tax shall be exempt from the effects of this Section and the City sales tax.
[R.O. 2017 § 130.130; Ord. No. 97-011602 §§ 1 — 2, 1-16-1997]
A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted by and subject to the provisions of Section 94.700 to 94.755, RSMo., a tax for transportation purposes is hereby imposed upon all sellers for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling tangible personal property or rendering taxable services at retail in the City to the extent and in the manner provided in Sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo., and the rules and regulations of the Director of Revenue issued pursuant thereto. The rate of the tax shall be one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within Battlefield, Missouri, if such property and taxable services are subject to taxation by the State of Missouri under the provisions of Sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo., including in particular the tax on domestic utilities if permitted under Section 144.032, RSMo. The tax shall become effective as provided in Subsection (2) of Section 32.087, RSMo., and shall be collected pursuant to the provisions of Sections 94.700 to 94.755, RSMo., and Sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo.
B. 
All Non-Profit Organizations. All non-profit organizations that have a current State sales tax exemption number from the State Department of Revenue setting forth that they are currently exempt from State sales tax shall be exempt from the effects of this Section and the City sales tax.[1]
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Editor's Note: R.O. 2017 § 130.140, Sales Tax Holiday, adopted 3-7-2006 by Ord. No. 06-07, which immediately followed this Section, was repealed by the City during the 2021 recodification project.
[R.O. 2017 § 130.150; Ord. No. 11-22 § 1, 12-20-2011]
Pursuant to the authority granted by, and subject to the provisions of Section 94.510, RSMo., a general sales tax to be utilized for law enforcement purposes is hereby imposed upon all sellers for the privilege of engaging in any business of selling tangible personal property or rendering taxable services at retail to the extent and in the manner provided in Chapter 144, RSMo., including residential utilities if imposition of such a tax is now, or is hereinafter, permitted in accordance with applicable State law and the rules and regulations of the Director of Revenue. The rate of the tax shall be one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within Battlefield, Missouri, if such property and taxable services are subject to taxation by the State of Missouri under the provisions of Chapter 144, RSMo., including residential utilities if now or hereinafter permitted. The tax was approved by the qualified voters on April 3, 2012; and shall be collected, held and distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 94.550, RSMo.
[R.O. 2017 § 130.160; Ord. No. 17-13, 7-18-2017; Ord. No. 18-01, 1-22-2018; Ord. No. 18-06, 6-5-2018]
A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted by, and subject to, the provisions of Sections 144.600 through 144.761, RSMo., a use tax for general revenue purposes is imposed for the privilege of storing, using or consuming within the City any article of tangible personal property. This tax does not apply with respect to the storage, use or consumption of any article of tangible personal property purchased, produced or manufactured outside this State until the transportation of the article has finally come to rest within this City or until the article has become commingled with the general mass of property of this City.
B. 
The rate of the tax shall be one and five-tenths percent (1.5%). If any City sales tax is repealed or the rate thereof is reduced or raised by voter approval, the City use tax rate also shall be deemed to be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action repealing, reducing or raising the City sales tax.
C. 
A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in any calendar year.
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Editor's Note: This tax was approved by a majority of the qualified voters at an election held 4-3-2018.