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KS House Passes Tax Bill, Votes to Eliminate Food Sales Tax

(Flickr photo by Andy Callahan)

The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a bill to cut income tax rates. The goal is boosting the state's economy. The bill would cut tax rates for personal income and many small businesses. Lawmakers also added a provision that would eliminate state sales taxes on all food purchases. The state currently offers low-income Kansans a food  tax rebate, which maxes out at $91 per person. Representative Jana (JAN-uh) Goodman, from Leavenworth, said eliminating the sales tax on food would be a bigger help.


Ending the sales tax on food would cost the state an estimated $350 million per year. Opponents say the proposed legislation already benefits low-income people without the additional tax break on food.

Stephen Koranda is KPR's Statehouse reporter.