Missouri’s House Bill 594 (HB594), which would eliminate capital gains taxes for residents in the state, recently passed a vote in the state’s House of Representatives and now awaits a signature from Missouri’s governor, Mike Kehoe (R).

If the bill passes, Missourians can write off “one hundred percent of all income reported as a capital gain for federal income tax purposes,” according to the language in the bill. This means that residents of Missouri would not have to pay a capital gains tax when they spend (or sell) their bitcoin.

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This bill differs from a bill recently introduced in Rhode Island that would permit the state’s residents to spend…

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