The Topeka Capital-Journal: Gov. Sam Brownback: Tax Package Not a Tax Increase
media mentionThe Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which is critical of the policy, said according to its analysis the poorest 20 percent of Kansans will pay about $197 more in taxes in 2015 than they would have without both the 2012 tax cuts and 2015 tax hike.
In addition, the analysis found that the top 1 percent of Kansans are paying, on average, $24,632 less in taxes.
“Let’s be clear about the big picture,” Kelly Davis, ITEP Midwest regional director of state policy, said in a statement.