Terms Used In Missouri Laws 137.505

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020

If any person, corporation, partnership or association shall fail to file a return as required by sections 137.485 to 137.550, the assessor shall ascertain the true amount and value of the taxable tangible personal property of such person, corporation, partnership or association on the best information available to him and shall assess said property at ten percent above its value.