Governor’s Plan Provides an Equitable, Sustainable Approach to Essential Tax Relief

KEY QUOTE: “Gov. Kelly’s plan won’t bankrupt our state or steal essential funds from education, infrastructure projects or essential services. It will provide real tax relief to Kansas families.”

New Kansas flat tax plan threatens to take us back to Brownback era of fiscal disasters

• My years in the legislature and Department of Revenue tell me a flat tax is not fair to all, and it is not sustainable.
  
  
• Luckily, there’s a more responsible tax plan on the table.
  
  
• This year, Gov. Kelly proposed a slate of tax cuts in her “Axing Your Taxes” plan, calling for the complete and immediate elimination of the sales tax on food, diapers and hygiene products, a four-day back-to-school tax holiday in August, and ensuring that no senior making under $100,000 pays full income tax on social security payments.