Kansas City Star: Brownback Continues Defense of 2012 Kansas Tax Cuts, Which He Says Exceed 2015 Tax Hikes
media mentionBrownback contends that all taxpayers have benefited from the cuts. Critics say that wealthier Kansans gained most directly. And an analysis Tuesday from Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan but left-leaning policy group, said the poorest 20 percent of the state will pay 1.5 percent more in taxes than they did in 2012, or an average of $197 a year. Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1 percent will pay 1.9 percent less, or an average of about $24,600, the group said.