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Bids to eliminate state income tax falter in Kansas, Missouri
The push to eliminate state income taxes in favor of higher sales taxes in Missouri and Kansas may soon be over for the year, officials in both states said Tuesday.
Last week a judge threw out Missouri's analysis of a petition aimed at putting an income-for-sales tax swap on the November ballot, a potentially fatal blow for that effort. And in Kansas, lawmakers say the tax reform package they'll consider next week almost certainly will fall far short of the no-income-tax goal.
Ending the income tax turned out to be "a big elephant to swallow," said Travis Brown, a political consultant who has worked with anti-income tax forces in both states.
Last year those forces were optimistic that Kansas and Missouri would top the list of states pursuing such a trade, in which taxpayers would see their income taxes eliminated but sales taxes increased and broadened to bring in revenue.
Last week a judge threw out Missouri's analysis of a petition aimed at putting an income-for-sales tax swap on the November ballot, a potentially fatal blow for that effort. And in Kansas, lawmakers say the tax reform package they'll consider next week almost certainly will fall far short of the no-income-tax goal.
Ending the income tax turned out to be "a big elephant to swallow," said Travis Brown, a political consultant who has worked with anti-income tax forces in both states.
Last year those forces were optimistic that Kansas and Missouri would top the list of states pursuing such a trade, in which taxpayers would see their income taxes eliminated but sales taxes increased and broadened to bring in revenue.
Check this out. "Those who benefit from the current system"?? Who would that be? Silly me, I think we ALL benefit.
"The idea of eliminating the income tax can be a very long-term process," he said. "We're talking about a very revolutionary topic, a bold idea...It does face serious resistance from those who benefit from the current system."
Read more here: http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/bid-to-eliminate-income-tax-falters-in-kansas-missouri/#storylink=cpy
