MissouriCash purchases may be rounded to the nearest five cents
Missouri vendors may round the final total of cash purchases to the nearest five cents, while calculating and sending sales tax under the regular tax brackets.
What it does
Vendors may round a cash purchase’s final total up or down to the nearest five cents. The rule does not apply to noncash payments, and sales tax remains due under the tax brackets.
Argument forRounding cash totals could make it easier for vendors to give change when a transaction ends in amounts that do not use five-cent coins.
Argument againstCash customers could pay slightly more or less than the unrounded total, and vendors must consistently apply the rounding method to similar purchases.
More detail
A vendor may round the final total of a cash transaction to the nearest five cents. This applies to sales of goods or services paid in cash, not to credit, debit, or other noncash payments. The vendor rounds only the final total after calculating all items, discounts, and taxes. Totals ending in 1, 2, 6, or 7 cents may be rounded down; totals ending in 3, 4, 8, or 9 cents may be rounded up. The vendor must apply any chosen formula uniformly to similarly situated purchases. Sales tax must still be reported and remitted under the applicable tax brackets, regardless of how the customer pays. The supplied text does not state an effective date or an end date for these rules.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jul 13Delivered to Secretary of State (G)Latest
- Jul 13Approved by Governor Mike Kehoe (G)Became Law
- May 28Delivered to Governor
- May 28Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- May 28Signed by House Speaker (H)
- May 13Senate Message (S)
- May 12Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 22 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 22 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 22 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Upper
- May 12Taken Up for Third Reading (S)Minor
- May 7Placed on Informal Calendar
- May 4Reported Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 21Voted Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 15Public Hearing Held (S)
- Apr 9Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor
- Mar 23Second read and referred: Economic and Workforce Development(S)
- Mar 9Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)Minor
- Vote recorded Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 145 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 9Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 145 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Passed House
- Mar 9Taken Up for Third Reading (H)Minor
- Mar 4Perfected (H)
- Mar 4HCS Adopted (H)
- Mar 4Title of Bill - Agreed To
- Mar 4Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- Feb 24Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Feb 17Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 17Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Feb 17Executive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 12Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)Minor
- Feb 10HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Vote recorded HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9HCS Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Feb 9Executive Session Completed (H)
- Jan 29Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 20Referred: Ways and Means(H)Minor
- Jan 8Read Second Time (H)Minor
- Jan 7Introduced and Read First Time (H)Introduced
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