Kansas City Region
Platte County merchant licenses and sales tax split
A Platte County retail business may need a county merchant license, while retail sales tax information comes from Missouri DOR.
A Parkville, Platte City, or Kansas City shop in Platte County can have two tax doors to keep straight. Selling retail goods within county lines can require a county merchant license, and that license runs through the Platte County Collector.
Retail sales tax is a different door. Missouri Department of Revenue handles sales-tax licensing, rates, and filing information for businesses. A merchant license does not replace the sales-tax account, and the sales-tax account does not erase the local county step.
New shop owners should sort the layers before opening day. Start with the county merchant-license and business personal-property side. Then handle the Missouri DOR sales-tax side. If the storefront sits inside Parkville, Platte City, Kansas City, or another city, add the city layer for any local business license, zoning, or occupancy question. One cash register can touch all three desks.
References
Where this fits: this note belongs to Platte County. See every local note for the county on its page.