The Kansas tax experiment, which played out from 2012 through 2017, deeply damaged Kansas finances. Income tax cuts choked revenue to the general fund and created a multi-year budget crisis. In 2017, lawmakers reversed much of the tax experiment, but many steps remain to be completed before Kansas returns to financial health:
Structurally balance the general fund
Recurring revenue — regular, ongoing general fund income — must equal or exceed expenses. The 2012 tax cuts caused four years of serious structural deficits. In those years, the gap between…
