Sales Tax Information
There are several sales tax rates within the City of Sikeston. Breakdown of the rates and the taxing authorities which receive the sales taxes is as follows:
Taxing Authority |
Rate Within Scott County |
Rate Within New Madrid County |
State of Missouri |
.04225 |
.04225 |
County General Revenue |
.01000 |
.01000 |
County Transportation |
.00500 |
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County Ambulance District |
.00500 |
.00500 |
City General Revenue |
.02000 |
.02000 |
City Transportation |
.00500 |
.00500 |
City Capital Improvements** |
.00500 |
.00500 |
County 911 Tax |
.00500 |
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Total |
.09225 |
.09225 |
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Use of the Capital Improvement Sales Tax
In November 2015, City of Sikeston voters approved a new ½ Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax. The City Council pledged that half of the new revenue would be used to offset current capital improvement spending out of the General Fund, thus freeing up funds to make our Public Safety salaries more market competitive, and the other half of the new revenue would fund additional capital improvements in the Streets and Parks divisions.
For Fiscal Year 2016 (July 2015-June 2016), the Council had approved spending from the General Fund balance (in anticipation of passage of the new sales tax) for a $3,000 raise for all sworn positions. In December 2015, after passage of the sales tax, the City Council approved an additional $4,000 raise for Public Safety Officers, $2,000 for detectives, $2,000 for sergeants, $3,000 for lieutenants, $3,000 for captains, and $2,500 for communications officers (dispatchers). These raises will become effective in July 2016 after the city starts receiving distributions of the new sales tax. These raises are projected to cost $613,324 in FY2017 (including merit increases), $656,692 in FY2018 (including merit increases), and $780,366 in FY2019 (including merit increases and a 2% COLA). This plan complies with the Council’s pledge to spend half of the projected $1.4 million in new revenues on Public Safety salaries.
Expenditures from the Capital Improvement Sales Tax will be continually tracked on this page.
Fiscal/Budget Year |
Project Description |
Project Cost |
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Projects will be recorded here as they are completed, beginning with the FY2017 fiscal year, which begins July 2016. |
Missouri Sales and Use Tax Lookup
The Missouri Department of Revenue has created and maintains a mapping feature on its official public website that displays sales and use tax information of political subdivisions, including the current tax rate for each sales and use tax imposed and collected.
This map showcases borders and jurisdictions for each of the following political subdivisions:
- Ambulance districts
- Community improvement districts
- Levee districts
- Library districts
- Neighborhood improvement districts
- Port authority districts
- Tax increment financing districts
- Transportation development districts
- School districts
- And any other political subdivision that imposes a sales or use tax within its borders and jurisdictions