Childcare workers from across the state traveled to Jefferson City Thursday morning to testify in support of a bill that would eliminate sales tax on diapers.
Under current Missouri law, diapers are taxed at 4.2%, which is the same rate as luxury items like motorboats and sports cars.
The new bill would make diapers tax-exempt, making Missouri the 15th state to forgo the previously established tax.
Susan Belger Angulo is the co-executive director of Happy Bottoms, Kansas City’s only diaper bank. She says the tax exemption will make a bigger impact on families than some might expect.
"For a family barley making ends meet, this savings might mean more grocery items, paying on a bill or purchasing something else their child might need," Angulo said.
The bill would also enact three childcare tax credits for those contributing, providing and employing in the childcare sector.
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