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Math Offered For Webster's Prop 1 Didn't Add Up | Webster Kirkwood Times


The April 9 WKT reported that Webster Groves Mayor Gerry Welch was disappointed in the failure of Prop 1, the “use tax.” I’m not disappointed as I generally don’t look favorably on new taxes, especially this one, as I couldn’t make sense of the math.
The estimated revenue was $250,000 per year. At the proposed tax rate of 1.5%, that would necessitate over $16 million each year in online purchases by the 25,000 residents of Webster Groves. I don’t see that as remotely realistic. And, that would require 8,300 families in Webster Groves to purchase the threshold amount of $2,000 per year for the tax to apply, just about every home in the city. ....

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