Tax Policy 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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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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Online sales tax a ruse to grow government 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 29, 2018
A controversial online sales tax proposal would increase government revenue and spending by an estimated $93 million annually. Online purchases from retailers with a physical presence in Kansas (‘nexus’) are already subject to sales tax and brought in over $400 million last year, with about $175 million from individuals and the balance from business purchases.
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Kansas #26 in “Rich States, Poor States”0
- Tax & Spending
- April 29, 2018
The annual “Rich States Poor States” report published by the American Legislative Exchange Council ranks Kansas #26 in Economic Outlook for 2018, which is unchanged from the previous year. Among regional states, Missouri (#23), Oklahoma (#16), Colorado (#15) and Arkansas (#22) have higher ranks while Nebraska (#28) and Iowa (#29) are slightly lower. Missouri, Nebraska and Arkansas
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Taxpayer Choice: Grow Government or Help Kids 0
- Education
- July 26, 2017
One good piece of news from the 2017 legislative session, amidst much bad news, is that, in the current tax year, individual taxpayers can now participate in the tax credit scholarship program to help low income kids escape some of the worst performing schools in the state. There is a $500,000 annual cap on contributions
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