Cass County reduces telephone tax

In the early 1990’s, per state statute and the approval of Cass County voters, the County Commission of Cass County authorized the execution of service agreements with various telephone companies for expanded 911 emergency telephone services. Section 190 of the Missouri statutes authorized county commissions to impose an emergency telephone tax up on voter approval.
Specifically, it states, “The governing body is hereby authorized to levy the tax in an amount not to exceed fifteen percent of the tariff local service rate.”
The legislation defines “Tariff rate” as “the rate or rates billed by a service supplier to a service user as stated in the service supplier’s tariffs, approved by the Missouri public service commission, which represent the service supplier’s recurring charges for exchange access facilities....
Read the complete story in the August 20th edition.