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Truth in Taxation transparency helps cut property tax in 21 counties 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 28, 2022
Thanks to the transparency aspect of last year’s Truth in Taxation Act and some taxpayer-focused local officials, residents and businesses in 21 counties will pay less in property tax this year. The 2021 Statistical Report of Property Assessment and Taxation from the Kansas Department of Revenue summarizes actions taken in 2021 that will impact property
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More than 100 local governments aren’t increasing property tax 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 16, 2021
The new Truth in Taxation legislation is already providing Kansans with millions of dollars in property tax savings. Faced with the prospect of finally having to be honest with taxpayers, 108 cities, counties, school districts, and a community college have already declared they will not increase property taxes next year. Individual property owners may see
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Truth in Taxation is a model for legislative change 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 26, 2021
Forcing local officials to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose will save taxpayers hundreds of millions over time because city council members and county commissioners know they won’t stay in office if they vote for the big increases they quietly imposed in the past. My recent joint column with my colleague
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2019 school payroll: 679 employees in 29 districts paid over $100,000 0
- Education
- October 4, 2019
School payroll listings totaling a little over $2 billion for 29 Kansas districts are available for download at KansasOpenGov.org and include 679 employees who were paid more than $100,000 during the 2019 school year. The school payroll listingss posted on KansasOpenGov.org are generally among the largest in Kansas and collectively represent 49% of total enrollment.
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$1.2 billion city and county payrolls online 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 9, 2019
City and county payrolls in the state’s more populated areas grew faster than inflation in 2018. The nine counties with comparable data listed in the adjacent table collectively had a 3.5 percent payroll increase and the ten cities with comparable data increased payroll by 3.1 percent on average. Inflation, by comparison, was just 1.9 percent.
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