Tax & Spending

2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide: Reversing The Kansas Exodus 0
- Tax & Spending
- January 4, 2019
At the start of the year, Americans always seem resolved to make changes to their lives and routines. For many Kansans, those resolutions apparently mean migration to fast-growing states with governments that spend less, and tax less. This policy proposal is part of the Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government’s 2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide. Find more
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December FY 2019: Kansans Cringe Purchasing for Six Straight Months 0
- Tax & Spending
- January 2, 2019
For six months Kansas sales tax on retail spending has deteriorated. There was no sign of a holiday shopping bump in the state’s tax revenue report. To see November’s FY 2019 Tax Report click here. The Governor’s Budget Office reported state government tax collections for the fiscal year ending in December. Kansas state government collected
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2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide: Economic Development Needs Reform 0
- Tax & Spending
- December 19, 2018
This policy proposal is part of the Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government’s 2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide. Find more proposals here. Government economic development policy is like a bad game of Jenga. Policymakers remove a block of taxpayer dollars intended for government services. Eventually they must pay for those tax incentives by raising the tower of
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2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide: Taxing Remote Sales & Sports Gambling 0
- Tax & Spending
- December 17, 2018
This policy proposal is part of the Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government’s 2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide. Find more proposals here. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings this year, that authorizes states to legalize sports betting and tax out of state sales, policymakers see opportunities to increase government revenue and support more spending.
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2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide: How Kansas Can Recognize Inefficiencies 0
- Tax & Spending
- December 7, 2018
This policy proposal is part of the Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government’s 2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide. Find more proposals here. “The problem with government is not in the things it tries, but in the absence of any mechanism for recognizing error.” – Milton Friedman Economist Milton Friedman easily summarized that without an appropriate check and
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Here We Go Again: Deficit Spending Could Lead To Billion Dollar Tax Hike 0
- Tax & Spending
- December 5, 2018
Updated estimates from the Kansas Legislative Research Department (KLRD) show Kansans could be on the hook. This time for a massive $1.1 billion tax increase over the next four years. This tax increase does not include the $600 million tax increase approved by the state legislature this past session. This year, the state’s revenue estimate
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