Missouri Statutes

§ 143.491 — Returns by husband and wife.

Missouri § 143.491

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XTAXATION AND REVENUE

Ch. 143Income Tax

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 143.491 (2026).

Text

1.A combined return shall be filed by a husband and wife who file a joint federal return even though one of them has neither income nor deductions. The tax liability of the two taxpayers shall be separate and not joint and several.

2.Separate returns shall be filed by a husband and wife who do not file a joint federal return.

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Legislative History

(L. 1972 S.B. 549) Effective 1-1-73, see § 143.109

Nearby Sections

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§ 143.005

Sections 143.181 and 143.471 effective date.

§ 143.009

Effective date.

§ 143.011

Resident individuals — tax rates — rate reductions, when.

§ 143.021

Tax determined by rates in section 143.011 — no tax on taxable income, when.

§ 143.022

Deduction for business income — business income defined — increase in percentage of subtraction, when.

§ 143.031

Combined return of husband and wife.

§ 143.041

Nonresident individual — inapplicable to out-of-state businesses and employees, when.

§ 143.051

Part-year resident.

§ 143.061

§ 143.071

Corporations — inapplicable to out-of-state businesses, when.

§ 143.081

Credit for income tax paid to another state.

§ 143.091

Meaning of terms.

§ 143.1000

Funding — income tax refund, designating authorized amount, when — contributions.

§ 143.1001

Taxpayers, individuals or corporations may designate tax refund as contribution to veterans' trust fund — amount — procedure — director of revenue's duties — collection costs allowed — list of contributors — confidentiality, violation, penalty — exception.

§ 143.1002

Tax refund credited to home delivered meals trust fund — contributions accepted — director of revenue to transfer contributions, trust fund created — state treasurer to administer fund.

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