tax relief

Will Long-Term Kansas Tax Relief Please Stand Up?0
- Tax & Spending
- May 2, 2022
This past week was “veto week” in the Kansas Legislature: the time to “make it or break it” for the dozens of different proposals that have floated this legislative session. While some tax relief is already on the way, legislators have until the end of May to provide more. The most-talked-about policy this year was
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Tax Revenue Highs Continue into January 2022 0
- Tax & Spending
- February 2, 2022
In January 2022, the state of Kansas took in total tax revenue of $944 million, which was 14.5% greater than the estimates for this month. This includes $342 million in sales taxes and $574 million in income taxes. This is also 18.7% higher than what it was for the same month last year. In total,
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High Tax Revenue Continues into December 2021 0
- Tax & Spending
- January 4, 2022
In December 2021, the state of Kansas took in a total tax revenue of $890.3 million, which was 7.8% greater than the estimates for this month. This includes $293.5 million in sales taxes and $550.3 million in income taxes. The revenue collected for December of this year was 15.6% higher than what it was in the
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Solutions to Kansas’ High Property Taxes 0
- Tax & Spending
- November 8, 2021
When you think of some of the highest taxes in the country, you don’t immediately think of Iola, Kansas. But, you should. According to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s research – highlighted in Kansas Policy Institute’s 2021 Green Book – a city the size of Iola had some of the highest effective tax rates
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Share COVID Relief Funds with Taxpayers Instead of Expanding Government 0
- Tax & Spending
- September 13, 2021
Over $3.3 billion in American Rescue Plan funds is already on the way to Kansas cities, schools, and state-level operations via the American Rescue Plan of 2021. This money should go to help the ordinary people who have struggled most during the pandemic. These public bodies must now make decisions on how to spend the
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State, local government need spending cuts, not federal bailouts 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 23, 2020
Everyone from elected officials, government unions, and the Brookings Institute is calling for hundreds of billions more in federal bailouts for states and local governments. There’s no question that government-ordered shutdowns will cause tax revenue to plummet, but bailouts will only make matters worse for employers and individual taxpayers. The longer that states impose shutdowns,
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