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Gregory F.X. Daly

Democratic · MO · St. Louis Collector of Revenue

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Gregory F.X. Daly is the St. Louis Collector of Revenue and a Democratic candidate for re-election. City and campaign sources state that he was elected Collector in 2006 after serving as St. Louis License Collector.

Track record

Track record — General

General · 10 records
  • Postponed the remaining 2025 St. Louis real estate tax sales after the May 16, 2025 EF3 tornado, consolidating Sales 232, 233, 234 and 235 into the October 14, 2025 sale date, delaying personal property tax suits affecting roughly 12,000 business and personal accounts until August, and affecting about 1,264 properties then subject to real estate tax proceedings.

    May 23, 2025

    Source: stlouis-mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

  • Settled the earnings tax refund litigation brought by non-resident remote workers and reopened the refund application window for tax years 2020, 2021 and 2022, with the city setting aside $26 million to cover refunds and interest.

    June 14, 2024

    Source: stlpr.org · researched July 30, 2026

  • Stopped mailing blank E-234 business earnings tax returns to active filers and moved the form and instructions to download-only distribution, citing printing, postage and delivery costs, while keeping mailed copies available on request.

    March 7, 2024

    Source: stlouis-mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

  • The Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund created through Daly's office received an award recognizing that the program kept 68 St. Louis homes out of tax foreclosure during 2022, affecting more than 130 residents across 33 neighborhoods, backed in part by $500,000 in city ARPA funds committed in 2022.

    November 18, 2022

    Source: stlouis-mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

  • Co-authored an opinion column in the St. Louis American with City Comptroller Darlene Green publicly backing Proposition S, the $160 million St. Louis Public Schools facilities bond issue placed on the August 2, 2022 ballot.

    July 28, 2022

    Source: stlamerican.com · researched July 30, 2026

  • Helped create the St. Louis Tax Relief Coalition and its Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund, a privately funded pool that pays overdue property taxes for homeowners facing foreclosure. The coalition sought $300,000 to help about 50 households, with grants up to $3,500.

    December 1, 2021

    Source: stlouis-mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

  • Accepted a Smart 50 Award at the Smart Cities Connect conference for the payitSt.Louis online payment platform built for the Collector of Revenue's office, which had collected more than $150 million online by then. He also spoke there on a panel about the office's all-digital payment experience.

    October 20, 2021

    Source: stlouis-mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

  • Six non-resident employees filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of St. Louis and Daly as Collector of Revenue after his office denied 1% earnings tax refunds for days they worked remotely outside the city during the pandemic, reversing the pre-pandemic refund practice for telework days.

    March 30, 2021

    Source: stlpr.org · researched July 30, 2026

  • Extended the City of St. Louis earnings tax filing deadline for tax year 2020 from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021, matching the Treasury Department and IRS deadline.

    March 18, 2021

    Source: stlouis-mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

  • Extended the City of St. Louis earnings tax filing deadline from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020 to mirror the federal and state deadlines, granting the extension automatically without additional taxpayer filings.

    March 23, 2020

    Source: stlouis-mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 1 record
  • Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released her audit of the St. Louis Office of Collector of Revenue, rating it "good" while finding the office did not solicit proposals or run a competitive selection process for legal and consulting services, lacked written contracts for many of those services, retained a private attorney who was the daughter of the Collector's chief of staff, and did not adequately document payroll hours or city-vehicle personal use.

    August 27, 2020

    Source: auditor.mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026

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Profile last researched July 25, 2026.