TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Members of the Kansas Senate aren’t sure a bill cutting taxes can pass their chamber.
The measure was up for a final vote Wednesday.
It cuts the state’s top individual income tax rates and eliminates income taxes for 191,000 partnerships, sole proprietorships and other small businesses. It also cuts the sales tax from 6.3 percent to 5.7 percent in July 2013.
The Senate’s plan could come with a massive price tag as high as $800 million a year.
It’s a departure from a plan outlined by Gov. Sam Brownback to overhaul the individual income tax code. He also wanted to cut top tax rates and help businesses but proposed eliminating numerous tax credits and deductions, which the Senate rejected.
And Brownback didn’t want to cut the sales tax.
