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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri allows cash sale totals to be rounded to the nearest five cents
Last action · July 13, 2026: Delivered to Secretary of State (G)Sponsors: Brenda Shields and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Retail vendors in Missouri may optionally round cash transaction totals to the nearest five-cent increment, while noncash transactions continue using exact cent calculations and requirements. Vendors must still remit the exact tax due to the Department of Revenue regardless of customer payment rounding.
Changes how cash-paying customers settle purchase totals at retail registers, potentially eliminating the need for pennies in cash change while requiring merchants to calculate tax remittances based on standard bracket rules.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Retail vendors
Vendors are granted the option to round cash transaction totals to the nearest five cents and must continue remitting exact tax bracket amounts.
Cash-paying consumers
Consumers paying with cash will experience upward or downward rounding of their final purchase totals to the nearest five-cent increment.
Department of Revenue
The department continues to receive required tax remittances and handles prorated underpayments from taxpayers across taxing jurisdictions.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does the five-cent rounding rule apply to credit and debit card purchases?
How should a cash total ending in $0.03 be rounded under the new law?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
33 actions- Jul 13, 2026HouseDelivered to Secretary of State (G)
- Jul 13, 2026Governor of MissouriEnrolledApproved by Governor (G)
- May 28, 2026Governor of MissouriDelivered to Governor
- May 28, 2026SenateSigned by President Pro Tem (S)
- May 28, 2026HouseSigned by House Speaker (H)
- May 13, 2026SenateSenate Message (S)
Show 27 earlier actions
- May 12, 2026HouseTruly Agreed To and Finally Passed
- May 12, 2026SenateTaken Up for Third Reading (S)
- May 7, 2026HousePlaced on Informal Calendar
- May 4, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Do Pass (S)
- Apr 21, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass (S)
- Apr 15, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Held (S)
- Apr 9, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Mar 23, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond read and referred: Economic and Workforce Development(S)
- Mar 9, 2026SenateReported to the Senate and First Read (S)
- Mar 9, 2026HouseFloorThird Read and Passed (H)
- Mar 9, 2026HouseTaken Up for Third Reading (H)
- Mar 4, 2026HousePerfected (H)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseHCS Adopted (H)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseTitle of Bill - Agreed To
- Mar 4, 2026HouseTaken Up for Perfection (H)
- Feb 24, 2026HousePlaced on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 12, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Rules - Administrative(H)
- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Reported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 9, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 9, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Jan 29, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Ways and Means(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced and Read First Time (H)
Version history & redline
4 versions on fileLobbying Activity
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Permissive Cash Rounding
Establishes explicit statutory guidelines for rounding cash totals to five-cent increments while decoupling cash rounding from tax remittance requirements.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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