Search results for: “historic tax credits”
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High tax Kansas exposed again
Businesses and homeowners know that Kansas has high taxes. The appointed and occasionally elected officials setting this state’s fiscal policy are often contemptuous of the fiscal burden being imposed upon Kansans but this is a reality that should not continue to be ignored.
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Wichita STAR bonds project not good for capitalism
A proposed STAR bonds project in Wichita is the latest example of Wichita and Kansas relying on cronyism and business welfare instead of capitalism.
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In Wichita, how tax increment financing can channel tax money
The flow of tax dollars Wichita city leaders have planned for Douglas Place, a proposed hotel in Wichita, creates a mechanism where taxpayer funds are routed to a politically-connected construction firm. And unlike the real world, where developers have an incentive to build economically, the city has created incentives for Douglas Place developers to spend…
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Tax funded lobbyists spending revealed
There are lobbyists and there are taxpayer funded lobbyists roaming the halls of the statehouse during the legislative sessions. A small window on the taxpayer funded lobbying opened up following the two separate legal actions of Attorney General Phill Kline and the Topeka Capital-Journal in seeking spending data from the Schools for Fair Funding organization.…
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Industrial revenue bonds in Kansas
Industrial Revenue Bonds are a mechanism that Kansas cities and counties use to allow companies to avoid paying property and sales taxes.
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Abuse Of Tax Funds Must Stop
The following is from the Kansas Taxpayers Network. It shows how government-funded organizations participated in the campaign to increase Sedgwick County taxes. Taxpayers’ funds are being used to promote higher taxes in Kansas. Tax funds are also being used to lobby for higher taxes (see VI. and 1. above). This is an egregious mess that…
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Five Rallies, One Script: What Trump Told Voters in Nebraska, Texas, New York, Tennessee and Ohio — and What Checks Out
In Nebraska, Texas, New York, Tennessee and Ohio, Trump repeated the same closing argument for the 2026 midterms. This Trump midterm rallies fact check finds record income and poverty claims hold up, but gas is not cheaper than under Biden, the $21 trillion figure is more than double the White House tally, and drug prices…
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Kansas Tax Revenue, February 2022
For February 2022, Kansas tax revenue was 5.3 percent less than February 2021 and down 46.8 percent from January 2022.
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Tax Growth Exceeds Income Growth
Several recent national fiscal surveys have pointed out that Kansas’ fiscal climate is not conducive to economic growth and we rank poorly with most of our neighboring states. There is tremendous tax uncertainty that is reflected in both the high level of property taxes in Kansas but the sizable property tax increases that occur through…
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Kansas tax receipts
Kansas tax receipts by category, presented in an interactive visualization.
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Wichita property tax rate: Down
The City of Wichita property tax mill levy declined for the second year in a row.
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Kansas House leadership plans to balance budget without tax increases
A legislative panel at yesterday’s Kansas Defending the American Dream Summit 2010 featured members of the Kansas House of Representatives Leadership presenting the case that the budget can be balanced without increasing taxes on Kansans.