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Minutes for SB539 - Committee on Assessment and Taxation

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Simplifying income tax rates for individuals, increasing the standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income limit for an income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax rate and establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for sales of food and food ingredients on July 1, 2024.

Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 12, 2024

Revisor Amelia Kovar-Donohue provided a summary of the bill. (Attachment 1)

Proponent in-person testimony: Representative Francis Awerkamp (Attachment 2)

Nick Novelly, CPA (Attachment 3) (Attachment 4)

Proponent Webex testimony: Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (Attachment 5) (Attachment 6)

Eileen Spickler (Attachment 7)

Proponent written testimony: Daniel Murray, National Federation of Independent Business (Attachment 8)

Alex Orel, Kansas Bankers Association (Attachment 9)

Eric Stafford, Kansas Chamber (Attachment 10)

Mark Tomb, Kansas Association of Realtors (Attachment 11)

Dave Trabert, Kansas Policy Institute (Attachment 12) (Attachment 13)

Opponent in-person testimony: None

Opponent written testimony: Judy Ancel (Attachment 14)

Connie Brown Collins, Voters Rights Network of Wyandotte County (Attachment 15)

Timothy Graham, Kansas National Education Association (Attachment 16)

John Lee, Tax Simple Center (Attachment 17)

Adrienne Olejnik, Kansas Action for Children (Attachment 18)

Neutral in-person testimony: None

Neutral written testimony: None

The hearing on SB539 was closed.