Business License Fee Rate:
Retail: $25.00 per year
Industrial: $25.00 per year
Office: $25.00 per year
Business Utility Tax Rates:
Electric: 5% of Gross Billed Amount
Natural Gas: 5% of Gross Billed Amount
Telephone: 5% of Gross Billed Amount
Cable Television: 5% of Gross Billed Amount
City Sales Tax Rate:
Current Base Sales Tax Rate Applicable to
Retail Sales in Eureka
Sales Tax Categories Sales Tax Rate
State – General (Not on food) $0.03000
State – Education $0.01000
State – Conservation $0.00125
State – Parks and Soils $0.00100
City/County $0.01000
City – Capital Improvements $0.00500
City – Parks/Storm Water $0.00500
County – Transportation $0.00500
County – Metro Link Transportation $0.00250
County – Metropolitan Park/Recreation (Not on Food) $0.00100
County – Community Children’s Service $0.00250
County – Emergency Communications (Not on Food) $0.00100
County – Transportation $0.00500
County - Metro Parks - Arch $0.00188
County - Public Safety $0.00500
City - Public Safety (Prop E) $0.00500
County z Zoological $0.00125
TOTAL $0.09238*
*Please note that the total Sales Tax at a particular establishment may be further impacted by Transportation Development Districts (TDD) or Community Improvement Districts (CID).
Real & Personal Property Tax Rates
Residential Real Property Tax Rate: $0.36500/$100.00 Assessed Valuation
Commercial Real Property Tax Rate: $0.3860/$100.00 Assessed Valuation
Agricultural Real Property Tax Rate: $0.3580/$100.00 Assessed Valuation
Personal Property Tax Rate: $0.3870/$100.00 Assessed Valuation
*St. Louis County Commercial Real Estate has an additional commercial surcharge of $1.70/$100.00 Assessed Valuation.
Residential Real & Personal Property Tax Rate
Tax Distribution
| TAXING AUTHORITY | RESIDENTIAL | COMMERCIAL | AGRICULTURAL | PERSONAL | MANUFACTURING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Missouri | 0.0300 | 0.0300 | 0.0300 | 0.0300 | 0.0300 |
| St. Louis County General | 0.1950 | 0.1980 | 0.1570 | 0.2090 | 0.2090 |
| St. Louis County Health Fund | 0.1310 | 0.1330 | 0.1050 | 0.1400 | 0.1400 |
| St. Louis County Park Maintenance | 0.0460 | 0.0470 | 0.0380 | 0.0500 | 0.0500 |
| St. Louis County Bond Retirement | 0.0190 | 0.0190 | 0.0190 | 0.0190 | 0.0190 |
| Road & Bridge | 0.0980 | 0.0990 | 0.0790 | 0.1050 | 0.1050 |
| St. Louis Community College | 0.2112 | 0.2112 | 0.2112 | 0.2112 | 0.2112 |
| Special School District | 1.1912 | 1.1912 | 1.1912 | 1.1912 | 1.1912 |
| Metropolitan Zoo/Museum District | 0.2694 | 0.2694 | 0.2694 | 0.2694 | 0.2694 |
| St. Louis County Library | 0.2340 | 0.2530 | 0.2150 | 0.2250 | 0.2250 |
| Rockwood School District | 4.5015 | 4.5015 | 4.5015 | 4.5015 | 4.5015 |
| Eureka Fire Protection District | 1.1614 | 1.1614 | 1.1614 | 1.1614 | 1.1614 |
| City of Eureka | 0.3650 | 0.3860 | 0.3580 | 0.3870 | 0.0000 |
| Sheltered Workshop | 0.0840 | 0.0870 | 0.0700 | 0.0900 | 0.9000 |
| TOTAL TAX RATE | 8.5367* | 8.5867* | 8.4047* | 8.5897* | 8.2027* |
| Commercial Surcharge | N/A | 1.7000** | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Rate per $100.00 Assessed Valuation
**Additional charges are not calculated in the total tax rate