Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2013

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  

Caption

Discontinuing the imposition of sales tax on certain cable services.

Impact

The immediate impact of HB 2013 is the removal of sales tax on specific services that are crucial to the consumers' access to cable and television content. Supporters argue that this will not only lower the cost of these services for consumers but also align with a trend of reducing taxation on digital and media services that have become essential in the modern economy. This exemption could potentially make cable and television services more affordable, thereby encouraging wider access among consumers across different income levels.

Summary

House Bill 2013 aims to eliminate the state's imposition of sales tax on cable, community antennae, and television services. The bill proposes a direct amendment to K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3603, which governs various provisions regarding sales taxes and exempted goods and services. By discontinuing this tax, the bill seeks to alleviate financial burdens on providers of these services and, subsequently, their customers. The measure is part of a broader effort to reevaluate and potentially reduce the tax burden on essential communication services in Kansas.

Contention

While HB 2013 presents potential benefits in terms of cost reduction for consumers, it may also lead to contention regarding state revenues. Opponents of the bill argue that the elimination of the sales tax could result in significant loss of revenue for the state, which could further strain funding for public services. This contention highlights a crucial balancing act between providing economic relief for consumers and ensuring adequate funding for state programs and services reliant on tax revenue.

Notable_points

A notable aspect of HB 2013 is that it signifies a legislative recognition of the changing landscape of communication services and the financial pressures that consumers face regarding access to such services. Moreover, as discussions around taxation and public service funding continue, the outcomes of this bill could influence future legislative approaches towards various digital services and their taxation.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.