Estimates Show Poor Would Take Hit In Proposed KS Tax Plan

Tue, January 17, 2012

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Associated Press / Fletcher Powell

New figures from the Kansas Department of Revenue show that Gov. Sam Brownback’s income tax plan would result in a tax increase on average for the state’s poorest households.

The figures show that taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of $25,000 or less would see an average increase of $156. As a class, they would pay $88 million more in individual income taxes than they do now.

The figures were developed by the department for a special group convened by the Senate to study tax issues. Households and some businesses with adjusted gross incomes of more than $250,000 would see their taxes drop on average 18.5 percent, or by more than $5,200.

The plan cuts individual income tax rates, but it eliminates credits and deductions.