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  • Pay your Convention and tourism tax
  • Entertainment Information
    The Revenue Division has established a procedural guideline to assist taxpayers engaged in entertainment activity in the City.
    Entertainment procedural guideline
    Business License Search

    Use the Business license search to verify if an individual or business has a current business license with the City of Kansas City, Mo.

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    Now, you may fill in your return online, and then print and mail it. This capability helps you to minimize the time it takes time to complete a hand-written return and reduce errors.

    Tax forms are downloadable in a portable document format (requires Adobe Acrobat). With fill in forms, complete your form online, then print and mail to the address on the form. To ensure proper printing: select Print, locate "Page Scaling," and "Reduce to Printer Margins" from the drop-down menu. Please do not fax forms.

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    Wage Earner
    For use by individuals filing earnings tax returns

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    Business occupational/cigarette/utilities license
    A tax imposed for the privilege of doing business within the City of Kansas City, Mo. This tax is required of all businesses within the city and all businesses outside the city providing services within the city. Be sure to fill out the correct form. If you have questions; please call (816) 513-1135.

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    Convention and tourism
    Hotel and motel
    A tax on the sales or changes for sleeping in rooms paid by transient guests of hotels, motels and tourist courts situated within the City and doing business within the city.

    Food
    A tax of the gross receipts derived from the retail of sales of food and drink by every person operating a food establishment.

    Downtown Arena Fee
    A business license fee on Kansas City rental car businesses and hotels/motels to be used to fund the building of the downtown arena.

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    Extension

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    New registration, clearance and authorizations

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    Profits
    For use by businesses filing earnings tax returns

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    Withholding
    Any employer maintaining a place of business within the City of Kansas City, Mo., and any non-resident employer with employees working within Kansas City, Mo., is required to deduct and withhold the 1 percent earnings tax from employee earnings. A non-resident employer with Kansas City, Mo., residents may voluntarily withhold the earnings tax from the residents by establishing a withholding account and remitting the taxes withheld.

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    Taxpayer information form
    For taxpayers needing to update account and/or address information.

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    Other tax agencies

  • Internal Revenue Service - federal income tax
  • Missouri Department of Revenue - state income tax
  • Jackson County - property tax
  • Clay County - property tax
  • Platte County - property tax
  • Contact Information

    For more information, please contact the Revenue Division by telephone or e-mail:

    Revenue Division
    City Hall, second floor
    414 E. 12th St.
    Kansas City, MO. 64106
    Phone: (816) 513-1120
    E-mail: Revenue@kcmo.org
                  Refunds@kcmo.org

      

     

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