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Tax Free Coffins

March 4, 1997
By: Jung Wha Yoon
State Capital Bureau

In the midst of all the tax cuts missouri lawmakers are contemplating, they heard an unusual plea...the father of a dead daughter urged lawmakers to make it cheaper to bury a loved.

Jung Wha Yoon has more from the state capitol.

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John Kellett supports a bill that would eliminate the sales tax on coffins and vaults.

He spent over 3000 dollars on a coffin and vault when his daughter died.

He also had to pay over 200 dollars in taxes.

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Kellett wants coffins to be treated like pharmaceuticals...which are not taxed.

But opponents of the bill say since people are taxed all their lives, it is fitting that there be a farewell tax.

From Jefferson City, this is Jung Wha Yoon.