Income Tax Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Politicians are ignoring a $3.7 billion revenue shortfall 0
- Tax & Spending
- September 17, 2018
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” — Thomas Sowell Media and politicians were notified more than a month ago that the massive school funding increase has created a $3.7
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2018 Voter Issue Guide 0
- Education Research, Tax & Spending Research
- September 10, 2018
Whoever is elected governor and to the Kansas House of Representatives this fall will face some very serious issues come January. Kansas Policy Institute does not support or oppose candidates for public office, but we do provide educational information to the public about key economic and education issues facing Kansans. Our 2018 Voter Issue Guide
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$3.7 billion tax increase set up by courts and schools 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 1, 2018
Remember this fairy tale about Obamacare? “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.” The Kansas version of that hollow promise is ‘we can massively increase school funding without a tax increase.’ The harsh reality is that Kansas taxpayers are being set up for a $3.7 billion tax increase over the next
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KS House socks citizens with another tax increase 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 6, 2018
Last year’s retroactive, record-setting tax increase apparently wasn’t enough for the majority of the Kansas House of Representatives. Now they’ve voted to allow another $210 million income tax increase over the next two years on top of the $1.2 billion increase they imposed last year. And that’s a very conservative number; according to Chief Budget
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Kansas legislators might raise taxes again 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 29, 2018
With just a few days left in the 2018 legislative session, Kansans will be hit with yet another tax increase unless the Legislature takes action to prevent it. The Department of Revenue says the state will get a $506 million windfall over the next three years as a result of changes in federal tax law.
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School funding plan requires big tax hike 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 5, 2018
Calculations provided by Kansas Legislative Research (KLRD) show the $525 million House school funding plan would require a $306 million tax increase next year and a $293 million transfer from the highway fund to comply with state law. The following three years would require a $215 million tax increase and another $879 million transferred from
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