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SB 1620MISSOURISession 2026State Billin committee

Missouri bill allows cash-transaction totals and sales tax to round to the nearest five cents

Original title: Modifies provisions relating to the calculation of sales tax for certain cash transactions

Last action · March 11, 2026: Voted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development CommitteeSponsor: David Gregory

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What This Bill Would Do

Vendors conducting cash transactions may optionally round the final total sale amount, including sales tax, to the nearest five-cent increment. Noncash payments such as credit and debit cards are excluded from this rounding option.

Why it matters

Changes checkout procedures and cash-handling mechanics for retail vendors and cash-paying customers by allowing final transaction totals to align with nickel increments.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

retail vendors

Vendors are granted the option to round cash transaction totals to the nearest five cents and must continue remitting exact required tax amounts to the department of revenue.

Directly affected

Department of Revenue

The department continues to receive tax remittances based on established brackets regardless of whether a vendor utilizes cash rounding.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can stores use this rounding rule for credit card purchases?

No. The bill explicitly states that rounding shall not apply to transactions paid by credit, debit, or other noncash methods.

Does rounding change the amount of tax the vendor must send to the state?

No. The applicable amount of tax due in accordance with the tax brackets must be remitted to the department of revenue regardless of customer payment rounding.

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Where This Stands

Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

4 actions

Mar 11, 2026SenateCommittee
Voted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
Mar 4, 2026Senate
Hearing Conducted S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
Feb 12, 2026SenateFloor
Second Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
Feb 3, 2026SenateIntroduced
S First Read

Version history

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Connected Entities

Department of Revenue, General Assembly

OrganizationDepartment of Revenue“State agency receiving tax remittances and establishing tax brackets”Map →

OrganizationGeneral Assembly“Enacting body of the state legislature”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.senate.mo.gov

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