The Kansas Legislative Session adjourned this past Friday and left a lot on the table, including removing State sales tax on food, K-12 funding and other issues. Senator Caryn Tyson says there are Conference Committee Reports that involve taxes she would like to see passed during the Veto Session, coming up in late April. The first would remove State sales tax on groceries within three years. It would decrease from 6.5% to 4% in January, then fall to 2% in 2024 and then drop to zero in 2025. Tyson emphasizes that groceries mean prepared foods are not exempt.
Another tax bill negotiated, but delayed until Veto Session, had several tax cuts to help Kansans. There are too many to name, but a few items included are gradually removing all State income tax on Social Security and decreasing it on other retirement accounts, increasing standard deductions, and removing State sales tax on commercial electric and other utilities, matching the residential exemption.
