TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Advocates for low-income families joined small-town grocers and others encouraging Kansas lawmakers to reduce the states sales tax on groceries, while lobbyists for some organizations warned doing so might lead to efforts to reduce other types of taxes.
A hearing Monday before the House Taxation committee was the first testimony on a bill to reduce the 6.5 percent state tax rate on groceries by 1 percent. The reduction would lower state revenues by $60 million, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported .
Oberlin City Administrator Halley Roberson said her northwest Kansas town is losing tax revenue because residents drive to nearby Nebraska, which doesnt have a sales tax on groceries. She said her town could use the sales tax revenue for badly needed infrastructure repairs.