Income Tax Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Federal bailouts of state budgets hasten fiscal disaster 0
- Featured
- September 16, 2020
Early this month, Governor Kelly testified to Congress, asking for federal bailouts of Kansas’ billion-dollar budget shortfall. However, bailing out Kansas’s budget shortfall cements poor fiscal management, puts Kansans at financial risk, and hastens a federal fiscal disaster. According to the Kansas Legislative Research Department, Kansas went from an ending balance of $1.1 billion in
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Kansas ranks 41st on economic performance with repeated tax hikes 0
- Featured
- August 19, 2020
A new report shows Kansas is ranked 25th in the overall economic outlook, but economic performance falls to 41st fastest as tax increases take larger bites out of paychecks. These numbers are from the 13th edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Rich States Poor States and show the harm of repeated tax hikes. The
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Green Book 2020: Kansas job growth abysmal before COVID-19 0
- Tax & Spending
- July 24, 2020
Kansas’ recent job losses may be driven by COVID-19 shutdowns and health impacts. However, findings from the Green Book 2020 say Kansas was in the economic doldrums long-before the COVID crisis. Kansas ended 2019 with the slowest job growth rate in Plains and the 43rd fastest growth in the country. According to the June jobs
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COVID Survey: Small businesses fighting for survival in Kansas 0
- Featured
- July 16, 2020
“Exhausting financial resources before I can revive my business” “Customers are too scared to come out of their house” “Employees are not going to work because they can make more money on unemployment” These quotes from small business owners show their extreme frustration operating in today’s COVID environment. Findings from a COVID survey reveal many
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Green Book 2020: Gov. Kelly Vetoes Relief From Nation’s Highest Property Tax Rate 0
- Tax & Spending, Tax & Spending Research
- June 8, 2020
With school closures, businesses shuttered for months, and inconsistent unemployment relief, Kansans’ well-being is in serious trouble. Governor Kelly’s history of denying Kansans tax relief and most recent action to veto the legislature overwhelming approval of property tax relief will only make matters worse. Our 2020 Green Book summarizes what 20+ years of Governor Kelly-like
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Kansas April jobs report suggests an economic free-fall 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 1, 2020
During the worst of the public health crisis, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly locked in place the COVID-19 economic shock. That means state policy closed businesses and ended jobs longer than necessary. As a result, the April jobs report announced Kansas lost 130,400 total jobs. Analysis of this jobs report suggests the state economy is shrinking
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