There are multiple enactments of 71.610
71.610. Imposition of tax on business, when. — 1. No municipal corporation in this state shall have the power to impose a license tax upon any business, avocation, pursuit or calling, unless such business, avocation, pursuit or calling is specially named as taxable in the charter of such municipal corporation, or unless such power be conferred by statute.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no municipal corporation shall impose a license tax upon any enterprise owned by a person aged eighteen years or younger.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7440, A.L. 2025 S.B. 145)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7287; 1919 § 8702; 1909 § 9580
CROSS REFERENCES:
Liquor licenses, cost of, limited by state charges, 311.220
Plumbers, license in certain cities, 341.010 to 341.080
(1974) Power of St. Louis board of police commissioners to charge fees for private watchmen's licenses is not regulated by this section since police board is a state agency. ABC Security Service Inc. v. Miller (Mo.), 514 S.W.2d 521.
(2022) Provider of voice over internet protocol telephone services through a broadband cable network was "telephone company" providing "telephone service" subject to local ordinances imposing business license taxes on telephone service providers. Collector of Winchester v. Charter Communications, Inc., 660 S.W.3d 405 (Mo.App.E.D.).
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