Kansas City Star: As Gov. Sam Brownback signs Kansas budget plan, he denies that it counts as a tax increase
media mentionThe Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal-leaning think tank that has criticized Brownback’s policies, released an analysis hours later showing that the bottom 40 percent of Kansans on average will end up paying more in taxes.
People making less than $23,000 a year will pay an average of $197 more a year in overall taxes when this year’s changes are weighed against the previous tax cuts, according to the institute’s analysis. People making between $23,000 and $42,000 will see an average overall increase of $66.
But people making more than $493,000 — the top 1 percent of Kansans — will pay $24,632 less in taxes even when this year’s tax increase is included, according to the institute.