Kansas House shifts to two-tier income tax plan

Acknowledging they don't have the support for a flat tax, House Republicans go for a two-bracket plan

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March 20, 2024 - 2:57 PM

Kansas capitol building. Photo by KANSAS REFLECTOR/SHERMAN SMITH

Kansas House Republicans announced a new two-rate tax reform plan on Tuesday after doubts that a single-rate plan would survive a likely veto from Gov. Laura Kelly.

The Senate passed its own single-rate plan last Thursday with a veto-proof majority if legislators maintained their votes, but at least two expressed doubts. Both chambers passed a version of a flat tax earlier in the session but failed to override a veto by Gov. Laura Kelly. 

“I am probably the most steadfast person on wanting a single rate tax,” House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, told the Topeka…

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