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Kansas lost $295 million AGI in 2020 because of people leaving the state 0
- Tax & Spending
- October 13, 2022
In 2020, Kansas saw nearly $295 million in Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) leave the state. This latest AGI data is from the IRS and reflects changes in their measure of gross income minus deductions, which is the basis for calculating taxes. It’s a tool to track people and their income moving from one state to
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Topeka relocation subsidy isn’t working 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 10, 2022
Shawnee County residents have paid a maximum of $900,000 since 2019 for the Choose Topeka program incentivizing 70 workers thus far to move to the area. But between 2019 and 2021, Shawnee County lost 1,182 residents through net domestic migration – that’s almost 17 times as many workers as the relocation subsidy has brought in.
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Wyandotte Commissioners Want to Keep Growing Government at Taxpayers’ Expense 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 25, 2022
Last week, Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County Mayor and CEO Tyrone Garner announced budget recommendations to set property tax mill rates at the calculated revenue neutral rate. This would mean that the levied property tax would decrease by about 8.6 percentage points. The decrease in revenue would be offset by an increase in sales
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