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REALTORS Rally to promote a YES vote on Amendment 3

Dennis Norman

I just returned from the Lake of the Ozarks after attending business meetings for the Missouri Association of REALTORS (MAR) which included an update on AMENDMENT 3, the effort backed by MAR to prevent double taxation on Real Estate in Missouri. The “update” was more like a football rally, complete with “cheerleaders” [...]

Court rules in favor of group working to prevent transfer tax

Dennis Norman

Earlier this month I wrote about a set-back in an effort to give Missourian’s a an opportunity in November to prevent the possibility of double taxation by voting to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting transfer taxes or fees on the transfer of real estate.  The effort, which had the full support and [...]

Missouri REALTORS Face Setback but Vow to Keep Fighting Double Taxation

Dennis Norman

Previously I have written about an effort supported by the Missouri Association of REALTORS (MAR) to protect Missouri homeowners from facing double taxation through a real estate transfer tax by backing an effort to amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit such a tax.  Unfortunately, after Missouri  citizens supported this initiative in overwhelming [...]

Missouri REALTORS Make Progress Fighting Double Taxation

Dennis Norman

Last October I wrote about an effort by the Missouri Association of REALTORS (MAR) to protect Missouri homeowners from facing double taxation through a real estate transfer tax by backing an effort to amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit such a tax.   To get the issue on November’s ballot, petitions with signatures from [...]

Web Site Launch Promoting “Vote YES to Stop Double Taxation”

A new Web site provides Missouri voters with information about a proposed state constitutional amendment barring politicians from imposing double taxation on sales of homes and other real estate.    I would encourage Missouri residents to visit www.YesToSaveHomes.com to learn more about the proposal.   

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Missouri Association of REALTORS working to prevent double taxation

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

According to a report prepared by the Federation of Tax Administrators (FTA) in 2006, thirty-five states plus the District of Columbia impose a real estate transfer tax.  What a transfer tax amounts to is when you sell or transfer a house (or other real property) you pay a tax to the [...]