Michael Austin, Author at Kansas Policy Institute

An Open Resignation Letter to the Kansas Policy Institute 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 23, 2021
To the Kansas Policy Institute Team, With considerable thought and sentiment, I am announcing my resignation from the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI). I joined the Kansas Policy Institute nearly three years ago with excitement, but more importantly, humility. The need for reform was clear. Kansas governments continued to aggressively expand at the expense of Kansas
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KDOR Misleads Lawmakers to Justify Kelly Tax Relief Veto 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 19, 2021
For the third consecutive year, Governor Kelly has vetoed Congressional intent for Kansans to receive 100% of the 2017 Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. To help justify this veto, the Kansas Department of Revenue claimed Kansas was on track to lose $360 million from an expense deduction related to PPP loans. But KDOR never
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Federal taxpayer bailout eclipses local payroll changes 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 29, 2021
Governments in Kansas are slated to receive roughly $3.6 billion to cover for COVID-related losses under the latest federal bailout – AKA Biden’s American Rescue Plan. (That’s in addition to the $1.25 billion collected last year.) However, county, city, and school payroll changes are not only far smaller than the COVID bailout, they don’t the
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Policy Brief: Kansas Must Act to Protect Small Sellers from Remote Sales Tax Law 0
- Tax & Spending Research
- March 19, 2021
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