Effective - 28 Aug 1945
150.050. Annual statement — merchants' tax book — township organization counties. — 1. On the first Monday in May, 1946, and on the same date each year thereafter, it shall be the duty of each person, corporation or copartnership or persons, as provided by sections 150.010 to 150.290, to furnish to the assessor of the county in which such license may have been granted a statement of the greatest amount of goods, wares, and merchandise, which he or they may have had on hand at any one time between the first Monday in January and the first Monday in April next preceding; said statement shall include goods, wares, and merchandise owned by such merchant, and consigned to him or them for sale by other parties.
2. Said statement shall be signed and verified by the affidavit of such person, or some member of the copartnership, or by the manager or authorized officer of such person, corporation, or copartnership, before some officer authorized by law to administer the oath, that such statement contains a just and true account of the aggregate amount of all goods, wares and merchandise taxable by law.
3. It shall be the duty of the county assessor to enter such statements in a book to be prepared for that purpose at the expense of the county, suitably ruled, with columns for the name of the merchant, the amount of his or their statements as returned to the assessor, the valuation of such statements as equalized by the county board of equalization, and for state, county and school taxes, and such other columns as may be found useful or convenient in practice; such book shall be verified by the affidavit of the assessor, annexed thereto, in the following words, to wit:
"______, being duly sworn, makes oath and says that he has made diligent efforts to secure sworn statements from all persons, corporations or firms doing business as merchants in the county of which he is assessor; that so far as he has been able to secure such statements they are correctly set forth in the foregoing book."
4. Provided, that in counties under township organization the statements herein provided for shall be made by the township assessor who shall deliver the same to the clerk of the county commission, who shall return the book to the county board of equalization on the second Monday in July, and thereafter the same proceedings shall be had thereon as in other counties.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 11309, 11310, A.L. 1945 p. 1838, A.L. 1945 p. 1959)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 10081, 10082; 1919 §§ 13071, 13072; 1909 §§ 11623, 11624
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title X - Taxation and Revenue
Chapter 150 - Merchants', Manufacturers', Itinerant Vendors' and Peddlers' Licenses and Taxes
Section 150.010 - Merchant defined.
Section 150.013 - Motor vehicle terms defined.
Section 150.015 - Revocation or suspension of dealer's license, when.
Section 150.020 - Term merchant construed.
Section 150.030 - Farmer not merchant.
Section 150.035 - New motor vehicle defined.
Section 150.040 - Tax, computed how — exemptions.
Section 150.050 - Annual statement — merchants' tax book — township organization counties.
Section 150.055 - Assessor to inspect merchants' establishments and report.
Section 150.060 - Equalization of valuations by board — notice of raise.
Section 150.080 - Report to state tax commission (cities of 100,000 or more).
Section 150.090 - Merchant taxation and collection in St. Louis City.
Section 150.100 - License necessary — information to be given in application for license — penalty.
Section 150.120 - Limitations of license.
Section 150.130 - Blank licenses, form, issuance.
Section 150.140 - Blanks to collector.
Section 150.150 - Collection of fees.
Section 150.190 - Collector, annual report to county commission, contents.
Section 150.200 - Settlement of collector's accounts by commission — credits allowed collector.
Section 150.210 - Erroneous return by collector — penalty.
Section 150.220 - Certify to director of revenue amount charged to county collector.
Section 150.230 - Failure to pay tax, forfeiture of license.
Section 150.235 - Tax delinquent, when — penalties.
Section 150.260 - False statement forfeits license.
Section 150.290 - Failure to perform duty — penalty (cities of 100,000 or more).
Section 150.300 - Manufacturer defined.
Section 150.310 - Manufacturer to be licensed and taxed, exemptions — license period.
Section 150.325 - Assessor to inspect establishments of manufacturer and report.
Section 150.330 - Equalization of valuations by board — notice of raise.
Section 150.340 - Clerk to extend taxes, compensation for such duty — state to pay one-half.
Section 150.350 - Manufacturers' taxation and collection in St. Louis City.
Section 150.360 - Report to state tax commission and governor (cities of 100,000 or more).
Section 150.370 - Refusal to make annual statements — penalty.
Section 150.380 - Itinerant vendor defined — exceptions.
Section 150.390 - Licenses required — deposits — license fee and duration.
Section 150.400 - Application for license — records to be kept — open to public.
Section 150.410 - Endorsement of license by local official before sale — fee — penalty.
Section 150.420 - Statement by vendor before special sale.
Section 150.430 - Jurisdiction for prosecutions — surrender of licenses — disposition of deposits.
Section 150.440 - Deposit subject to claims — procedure — when paid to depositor.
Section 150.450 - Enforcement of law.
Section 150.470 - Peddler defined.
Section 150.480 - License required — not to sell liquors.
Section 150.490 - Application for license.
Section 150.500 - Rates of tax on licenses.
Section 150.510 - Contents of license.
Section 150.520 - Issuance of blank licenses.