QuikTrip Corp. can’t bypass the administrative proceedings it initiated over a St. Louis suburb’s tourism tax in order to get a court to declare it unconstitutional, a Missouri appeals court ruled.
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, on Tuesday rejected the gas station chain’s judicial challenge to St. Charles’ decision to retroactively impose a 40-year-old tax on prepared food for the first time in 2023.
“We cast a wary eye on the City’s conduct prior to complying with its own ordinances on December 18, 2024, and withholding permits and licenses to force QT to pay the very Tax it ...