Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2275

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/18/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Enrolled
4/11/25  

Caption

Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Finney, Pawnee, Seward and Jackson counties, providing that countywide retailers' sales tax apportionment based on tangible property tax levies remain unchanged until December 31, 2026, and excluding exempt sales of certain custom meat processing services from sales tax exemption certificate requirements.

Impact

The bill is expected to have significant implications for the counties affected, particularly in allowing them greater control over their retail sales tax authority. By stabilizing the sales tax apportionment based on property tax levies through 2026, these counties can plan and execute their budgets with more predictability. Moreover, the exclusion of specific services from certificate requirements may facilitate smoother business operations for local meat processors, increasing economic activity in the region.

Summary

House Bill 2275 aims to provide countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Finney, Pawnee, Seward, and Jackson counties. This legislation is specifically designed to allow these counties to maintain their current sales tax structure, ensuring that apportionment based on tangible property tax levies will remain unchanged until December 31, 2026. Additionally, the bill seeks to create clarity around the sales tax exemption certificate requirements, particularly excluding certain custom meat processing services from those requirements.

Sentiment

Overall, the sentiment around HB 2275 appears to be positive, particularly among local stakeholders in the counties directly benefiting from the bill. Supporters argue that the bill empowers counties to manage their fiscal affairs effectively in light of changing economic circumstances. While there may be minor pushback from groups concerned about tax implications, the overall narrative seems to favor the decentralization of authority in this context.

Contention

While there aren't prominent points of contention highlighted within the discussions around the bill, stakeholders may raise concerns about the long-term effects on tax revenues and the state's ability to manage sales tax uniformly. The specification regarding the exclusion of certain services from sales tax exemption could also lead to discussions about fairness and competitive practices among businesses within and outside of these counties.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB8

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

KS SB6

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

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 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 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 SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

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.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.