ORDINANCE NO. 120057
Adopting the Show Me Green Sales
Tax Holiday for City sales taxes on Energy Star certified new appliances from
April 19 through April 25, 2012; and directing the City Clerk to provide a
certified copy of this ordinance no later than March 1, 2012, to the Missouri
Department of Revenue as notice of the City's participation in the sales tax
holiday.
WHEREAS, the
State of Missouri established a Missouri sales tax holiday in 2008 known as the
Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday; and
WHEREAS, the
law, codified at Section 144.526, Revised Statutes of Missouri, provides that
political subdivisions of the State of Missouri may participate in the sales tax
holiday, which specifically exempts all retail sales of Energy Star certified
new appliances from sales tax, up to one thousand five hundred dollars per
appliance, during a seven-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on April
nineteenth and ending at midnight on April twenty-fifth; and
WHEREAS, it is
the desire of the City to participate in the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday
from April 19 through April 25, 2012; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. Participation
in sales tax holiday. That pursuant to the authority granted the City
by Section 144.526.4, Revised Statutes of Missouri, the City of Kansas City,
Missouri declares its participation in the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday
established by the State of Missouri for April 19 through April 25, 2012.
Section 2. City
Clerk notification. That the City Clerk will provide a certified copy
of this ordinance to the Missouri Department of Revenue as notice of the City's
participation in the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday no later than March 1,
2012.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Matthew
Gigliotti
Assistant City Attorney