Columbia voters are likely to see a local sales tax on internet purchases go to the ballot in either April or August 2022.
That was the general consensus of the Columbia City Council on Wednesday, when it met for a marathon work session to set the stage for figuring out a city budget for fiscal 2022, which begins Oct. 1.
Both the city and Boone County for years have longed to put a tax on online sales on the ballot, given the sales tax revenue they ve been losing to internet purchases. Any tax levied on online sales would match the city s local sales rate of 2%.