ALEC Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Turn Short-Term Surpluses Into Long-Term Tax Relief 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 25, 2022
If it wasn’t clear enough already, recent tax estimate updates show Kansas is awash with excess funds from over-taxation. The Kansas Legislative Research Department’s recent tax revenue estimate update for April 2022 increased the estimate for FY 2023 by $407.8 million for a whopping total of $9.5 billion in State General Fund tax collections. It’s
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2021 Green Book: States that spend less, tax less…and grow more 0
- Tax & Spending, Tax & Spending Research
- May 14, 2021
The Legislature’s override of Governor Kelly’s veto of SB 50 will finally allow Kansans to enjoy the full benefit of the 2017 federal tax cuts, and our 2021 Green Book puts the importance of tax cuts in perspective. The relationship between the size of government and economic growth is as true today as we firstREAD MORE

COVID pandemic creates opportunities for tax relief 0
- Tax & Spending
- February 28, 2021
As state and local officials work through budget-related COVID pandemic challenges, they should pay heed to Benjamin Franklin’s counsel – “out of adversity comes opportunity.” In this case, the opportunity is finding more efficient uses for taxpayer dollars and then providing permanent state and local tax relief. The amount that states and local entities tax
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Educators top KPERS ‘millionaires’ list, system badly underfunded 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 15, 2020
Information provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) shows school officials top the list of KPERS ‘millionaires’ — people who will collect at least $1 million in pension benefits during their first 20 years of retirement. But while government retirees are collecting generous pensions at taxpayers’ expense, the system’s unfunded liabilities are nearly
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