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  • What was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan

    What was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan0

    • Tax & Spending, Tax & Spending Research
    • March 1, 2018

    Tax relief opponents have repeatedly pointed to the 2012 Kansas tax experiment as their primary example of why tax cuts do not work. But, other states like North Carolina, Indiana, and Tennessee contemporaneously, and successfully, cut taxes. What was different about the Kansas experience? Kansas has had high taxes and slow growth for fifty years.

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  • 2017 Greenbook

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    • Research, Tax & Spending Research
    • March 13, 2017

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis saw states as “laboratories of democracy” conducting “experiments” in public policy. Today, more than eight decades after Brandeis coined the phrase, state experimentation with tax policy makes it abundantly clear that tax policy has a direct impact on economic growth. As shown on page 27 for the 2017 Greenbook,

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  • A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Understanding Job Growth and the Kansas Tax Reforms

    A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Understanding Job Growth and the Kansas Tax Reforms1

    • Research, Tax & Spending Research
    • January 5, 2017

    Much of the discussion over economic growth following the 2012 Kansas tax reforms were enacted is misguided, hobbled by a misunderstanding of what the tax cuts were trying to accomplish and reliance on incomplete data. Additionally, it fails to take into account the fact that most job growth in Kansas has been – and will

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  • 2016 Green Book

    2016 Green Book0

    • Research, Tax & Spending Research
    • March 7, 2016

    Latest in “Factbook” series exploring the relationship between the size of government and economic vitality.

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  • Maintenance of Effort Requirements: The Federal Takeover of State Budgets

    Maintenance of Effort Requirements: The Federal Takeover of State Budgets0

    • Research, Tax & Spending Research
    • July 2, 2015

    An examination of federal maintenance of effort requirements on state budgets. Authored by Kansas’ former state budget director Steve Anderson.

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  • Business Perceptions of the Economic Impact of State and Local Government Regulation

    Business Perceptions of the Economic Impact of State and Local Government Regulation0

    • Research, Tax & Spending Research
    • March 1, 2015

    Prepared for Kansas Policy Institute by Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs, Wichita State University

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  • A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Understanding Job Growth and the Kansas Tax Reforms
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    • January 5, 2017
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    • September 10, 2018
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  • Policy Brief: Kansas Must Act to Protect Small Sellers from Remote Sales Tax Law
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    • March 19, 2021
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    • January 14, 2021
  • Comparing County Budgets to Address Shortfalls, Drive Efficiency, and Spur Opportunity
    • Tax & Spending Research
    • January 12, 2021
  • Balanced Budget Plan: Delivers Services, Saves Taxpayers to Make Economic Growth, Recession Resiliency, and Tax Reform Attainable
    Balanced Budget Plan: Delivers Services, Saves Taxpayers to Make Economic Growth, Recession Resiliency, and Tax Reform Attainable
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    • January 4, 2021

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