Search results for: “historic tax credits”
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Wichita downtown tax base: Rising?
Wichita city leaders have promoted public investment in downtown Wichita as wise because it will increase the tax base. So what has happened to downtown’s tax base?
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State and local tax burden visualized
For two decades the Tax Foundation has estimated the combined state and local tax burden for all the states. I’ve created an interactive visualization that lets you compare states and see trends in rank over time.
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‘Yes Wichita’ co-chairs serve up contradicting plans for sales tax revenue
At two forums on the proposed Wichita sales tax, leaders of the “Yes Wichita” group provided contradicting visions for plans for economic development spending, and for its oversight.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 16, 2012
Today: Tax cuts = extra income?; Revenue-neutral tax reform; Peterjohn to speak; Southwest to fly to Wichita; Kansas economic development incentives; Story is broken.
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Hauser’s law, or raising taxes won’t work
Hauser’s law illustrates that raising tax rates doesn’t generate more revenue.
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Wichita turns taxation over to private interests
In a free society with a limited government, taxation should be restricted to being a way for government to raise funds to pay for services that all people benefit from. But in the city of Wichita, taxation for private gain is overtaking our city.
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Options for funding Wichita’s future water supply
Now that the proposed Wichita sales tax has failed, how should Wichita pay for a future water supply?
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Reducing Kansas taxes and government footprint
Across Kansas editorial writers and candidates for state offices are harshly criticizing the new tax policy passed this year. But we’ve been in the doldrums in Kansas, and reducing taxes is a good first step on the road to recovery for many reasons.
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Kansas budget can be balanced without tax increases
As the Kansas Legislature prepares to get to work next week producing a budget plan for the next year, Kansans are being told that tax increases are inevitable. Several sources, however, have ideas and detailed plans as to how the state can avoid tax increases.
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A lesson for Wichita in economic development
When a prominent Wichita business executive and civic leader asked for tax relief, his reasoning allows us to more fully understand the city’s economic development efforts and nature of the people city hall trusts to lead these endeavors.
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Wichita Mayoral Forum
An AI-generated transcript for an event for candidates for Wichita mayor held on July 20, 2023.
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Is There Anyone Left to Pay Taxes?
The Tax Foundation reports that soon nearly half of the tax returns filed will owe no federal income tax, according to the economic plans of John McCain and Barack Obama. In its analysis Both Candidates’ Tax Plans Will Reduce Millions of Taxpayers’ Liability to Zero (or Less), the Tax Foundation reports that McCain’s announced tax…