# Missouri · retail and wholesale · cost floor — State below-cost motor fuel selling laws and minimum-markup percentages

For Missouri · retail and wholesale · cost floor, state is Missouri; applies to is retail and wholesale; rule is cost floor; law name is Definitions; statute citation is 416.605, recorded from its source on 2026-08-20; source re-checked 2026-09-01.

- **State:** Missouri _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Applies to:** retail and wholesale _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Rule:** cost floor _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Law name:** Definitions. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** 416.605 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How "cost" is defined:** (a) a. If the motor fuel is not purchased from an affiliate, the lowest invoice cost that the seller charged to the purchaser for motor fuel of like grade and quality within three days prior to the date of any alleged unlawful resale by the purchaser, less trade discounts, allowances or rebates which the purchaser receives on the particular invoice or transfer; or b. If motor fuel is purchased or received from an affiliate, the lowest transfer price that the affiliate charged to the purchaser or receiver for motor fuel of like grade and quality within three days prior to the date of any alleged unlawful resale by the purchaser or receiver, less trade discounts, allowances, or rebates which the purchaser receives on the particular invoice or transfer; plus (b) The cost of doing business; plus (c) Freight charges and all applicable federal, state and local taxes not already included in the invoice cost or transfer price; _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (2) "Cost", is the sum of: (a) a. If the motor fuel is not purchased from an affiliate, the lowest invoice cost that the seller charged to the purchaser for motor fuel of like grade and quality within three days prior to the date of any alleged unlawful resale by the purchaser, less trade discounts, allowances or rebates which the purchaser receives on the particular invoice or transfer; or b. If motor fuel is purchased or received from an affiliate, the lowest transfer price that the affiliate charged to the purchaser or receiver for motor fuel of like grade and quality within three days prior to the date of any alleged unlawful resale by the purchaser or receiver, less trade discounts, allowances, or rebates which the purchaser receives on the particular invoice or transfer; plus (b) The cost of doing business; plus (c) Freight charges and all applicable federal, state and local taxes not already included in the invoice cost or transfer price; (3) "Cost of doing business", all costs incurred in the operation of the business for fair market rental value, licenses, taxes, utilities, insurance and nonmanagerial labor;

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=416.605

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-02-16.
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