Tag: property tax
Change in median sales price distorts Johnson County valuations
Johnson County recently announced a 12% increase in residential property values for 2023, which officials say is justified because the…
SB 79 proposes theoretical property tax relief with a local earnings tax
A unique “tax swap”, allowing counties to institute an earnings tax, if approved by voters, to lessen some of the…
Tax fairness, profitability at the heart of the debate over HB 2062
The House Taxation Committee hearing on HB 2062 featured the relatively-new idea of car sharing and an established rental car…
Reps. Miller and Amyx propose $700 million property tax hike
At a press conference earlier this week, Reps. Vic Miller (D-Topeka) and Mike Amyx (D-Lawrence) announced a plan to save…
Leavenworth school board : No property tax increase this school year
The Leavenworth USD 453 Board of Education voted 4-3 not to impose a property tax increase on patrons for the…
Most elected officials in Sedgwick County propose big property tax hikes
Sedgwick County residents are being hammered by government-spending-induced inflation. U.S. Census data show the county lost population last year, and…
Elected officials use residential valuation spike to hide property tax increases
The Wyandotte County 2023 budget presentation touts a half-mill reduction as property tax “savings” and “tax relief,” but in reality,…
Shawnee City Council overrules mayor, staff in property tax increase
A new conservative majority on the Shawnee City Council flexed its muscle and recently approved a cut of two mills…
Big property tax hikes proposed by most officials in Johnson County
As if past property tax increases that far exceed the change in inflation and population aren’t bad enough, most elected…
Leavenworth Co. superintendents reluctant to discuss property tax with county
Leavenworth County commissioners sought a meeting with public school superintendents and school board members to discuss property tax and mil…
Kelly’s ‘bring it on’ comment about recession is an affront to Kansans
There were 38,000 fewer Kansans working in May of this year, compared to January 2020. Business owners and individuals are…
Overland Park Mayor Skoog, staff pushing for (another) 10% property tax hike
Overland Park taxpayers could see their property taxes jump 9.7% for fiscal 2023 — on top of a 10.4% jump…
Johnson County officials effectively propose big rent hikes
County Commissioner Becky Fast is on record saying affordable housing options are a top concern for her constituents, but odds…
Masterson vows override efforts on PBR, fairness vetoes
Senate President Ty Masterson criticized Governor Laura Kelly’s vetoes of the Parents’ Bill of Rights, Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,…
Mississippi becomes third state this year to move to flat tax
While Governor Kelly’s handpicked Tax Council recommends adding a fourth income tax bracket as suggested by her Council on Racial…
Biden’s proposed budget harms Kansas oil and gas industry
As if Washington hasn’t done enough to cause gasoline prices to spike, President Biden wants to impose further harm on…
JoCo officials setting residents up for a big property tax hike
Johnson County officials appear to be setting their residents up for a major property tax hike this year. Most residential…
Transparency works: 52% of local entities won’t increase property tax
Property tax transparency is working even better than proponents hoped, with 52% of local taxing authorities in Kansas deciding to…
Edgerton councilman resigned in protest over property tax fib
Local elected officials and bureaucrats routinely fib about property tax increases, and most often, those who know that their constituents…
Dark store theory: counties break the law, threaten residential property tax hike
Even the name — dark store theory — sounds ominous. With the willing participation of local media, some local officials…
Leavenworth city officials: raise property tax or defund police
When Leavenworth residents asked city commissioners to hold property tax flat next year – like roughly 250 local jurisdictions are…
Overland Park’s lower mill rate doesn’t equate to efficiency
Several Overland Park city council members last week justified voting for a 10% property tax increase by noting that their…
Prairie Village officials cause housing to be less affordable
Every time a government entity creates or contributes to a problem, the proposed solution is inevitably more government. The City…
Overland Park city council won’t be honest with citizens
Last night’s Overland Park revenue neutral hearing showed why Kansans support the new Truth in Taxation law. Taxpayers are fed…