Tag: Taxes
Senate Tax Committee mulls limit on taxable assessed valuation increases
The Kansas Legislature is again taking up a bill this year that would put a proposed amendment to the Kansas…
LPA finds large inconsistencies in HPIP tax-credit program
A recent report by the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit found it was impossible to determine how many tax…
Montgomery County Commission appears to retaliate against clerk over RNR hearing fiasco
Montgomery County Commissioners seem to be taking retaliatory action against Montgomery County Clerk Ami Standridge in the county’s revised budget,…
Johnson County, Overland Park plan big tax increases while sitting on millions in reserves
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars in reserve, Johnson County Commissioners are planning to raise property taxes by 6.5% next…
Johnson County disagrees with AG opinion on sales tax extension
The Johnson County Commission is refusing to accept an Attorney General’s opinion warning that a proposed extension of a quarter-cent…
Prairie Village 2024 payroll includes a city administrator and three deputy/assistant administrators
According to information obtained in a recent Kansas Open Records Act request, Prairie Village taxpayers are paying about $775,000 for…
Kansas Senate passes two minor property tax relief bills
The Kansas Senate passed two bills Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2024, which, if signed into law, will provide much-needed property tax…
Democrats push property tax hike on cars, farms, businesses
With the legislative session just around the corner, Kansas House Democrats are pushing a big property tax increase on cars…
Kansas has lost 5,500 private-sector jobs in 2023, rest of the region gains
Kansas is the only state in the region that has lost private-sector jobs so far in 2023 according to statistics…
Johnson County residents are looking at another big property tax hike
Johnson County is setting taxpayers up for another big property tax increase in 2024, based on the presentation that county…
Big pay increases for JoCo employees mean tax hikes for residents
While the “pronoun pins” the Johnson County government recently purchased are a fairly minor cost to the taxpayers, the big…
Audit: Economic development ‘incentives’ don’t cover costs to taxpayers
A recent audit of economic development “incentive” programs by the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit found that — while…
‘Responsible Kansas Budget’ would introduce accountability, save taxpayers billions
As the 2023 legislative session gets underway, Sentinel’s parent company Kansas Policy Institute is asking state lawmakers to avoid further…
GOP legislators offer Kansans “A Better Way” in 2023
As the Kansas Legislature reconvenes, Republican leaders unveil their 2023 agenda, offering “A Better Way: Our Commitment to Kansas” The…
Board of Tax Appeals hands Truth in Taxation victory to KJI, Baldwin City taxpayers
In a victory for the Kansas Justice Institute and Baldwin City taxpayers, the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals on Thursday,…
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…
Public invited to candidate forums on education, taxes, spending, regulation
The Kansas Policy Institute is sponsoring two events this week of interest to candidates and taxpayers, focusing on important public…
Schmidt proposes eliminating state income tax on retirees
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt — who is running for Kansas Governor — has proposed allowing Kansas residents to “retire…
Kansas adds government jobs, loses private employment in April
Kansas already ranks as the second-most over-governed state in the nation, behind only Wyoming as the state with the most…
RSPS: Kansas is in bottom half of state economic performance
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly ranks in the bottom half of governors nationally, but according to the American Legislative Exchange Council,…
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…
City, Wind Surge hit customers with undisclosed tax & fee
Wichita city leaders are up in arms after the Wichita Eagle reported the owners of the Wind Surge — the…
Responsible Kansas Budget would control spending
As the Kansas Legislature weighs Governor Kelly’s budget proposals during the current session, the Kansas Policy Institute — which owns…
Chamber business leader survey shows taxes are too high in KS
The Tax Foundation last year said Kansas has the highest effective tax rates in the nation on mature businesses, and…