Putting our citizens back to work is a top priority in the House and we are passionate about our focus to create jobs, retain the jobs we already have in place, and working to attract new businesses to our state.
States all over the nation are competing with us for jobs, and we must do all we can to prevent jobs from leaving Missouri. That is why, this week we took a large step by passing HB 1675, which takes measures to improve and protect Missouri's business climate.
This particular bill focuses on creating and maintaining jobs in our state by targeting two groups: Manufacturing Employers and Manufacturing Suppliers.
Manufacturing Employers
Through this bill, employers will be allowed to keep 50% of withholding taxes for up to 10 years. This means, if manufacturing employers create new jobs, they get a tax rebate while doing so.
We are confident this fiscal measure will give Missouri manufacturing businesses an incentive to expand their employee base and put our citizens back to work.
Manufacturing Suppliers
The state of Missouri would allow suppliers to retain a complete 100% of withholding taxes for any new jobs created and kept for 3 years.
While giving these manufacturing employers and suppliers a tax break in effort to create new jobs, we must also remember to protect Missouri taxpayers in the process. House Bill 1675 acts as a safeguard to taxpayers in two important ways:
- If illegal aliens are employed, companies must repay the tax benefits granted to them.
- If the company fails to meet the requirements in the bill, they will be required to repay benefits to the state.
As well as working on State legislation I also get to meet some very good people. Here in this picture is a group who came to my office to visit with me about their concerns dealing with issues on Alzheimer's.
And here is a picture of a school visit from the Springfield Lutheran School.
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