Missouri’s Tax Shift Misleading Ad | Kansas City News

Kansas City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 1, 2026 · 1m

Missouri voters face a pivotal election moment as they weigh Amendment 5, a sweeping tax overhaul promising to scrap the state income tax in favor of expanded sales taxes. A viral ad claims the amendment will finally force big tech companies—especially data centers and adult content sites—to pay their fair share, portraying it as a fix for long-standing tax loopholes. But here’s the catch: the amendment doesn’t actually repeal existing sales tax exemptions for data center equipment, which date back to 2015. Instead, it gives lawmakers more power to raise sales taxes and tax services—without…