Christine Harbin at Show-Me Daily:

Using the IDEAS web tool, I restricted the selective tax rates on alcoholic beverages for Missouri and Kansas over time, and then exported this information to Excel to produce the following graphs:

Alco Tax Trend Alco Tax vs. Net Migration
Click graphs to enlarge.

Generally, residents of Missouri are taxed less on alcoholic beverages than residents of Kansas are taxed. Specifically, Missouri assesses lower tax rates on wine and beer, but has higher tax rate on spirits.

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