The third meeting for the Bipartisan Governor’s Council on Tax Reform met Thursday. The group is performing an in-depth study of the state’s current tax system. Once their study is complete, the council will make specific statutory recommendations to state lawmakers on tax reform in Kansas.
Among other topics discussed by the council: sales tax on food. It costs the average rural Kansas grocer close to $18,000 per year. The property tax is the largest single source of revenue in Kansas, generating $4.93 billion in levied tax from $36.57 billion of taxable value for calendar year 2018.
