Updated May 17, 2019, at 4:36 p.m.
NFIB’s state director for Kansas, Dan Murray, says small business advocacy organization is urging lawmakers to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of House Bill 2033, legislation that would address a costly increase in state income taxes.
“Governor Kelly ran on a promise of not raising taxes on working Kansans, but first by voting Senate Bill 22 and with today’s veto of House Bill 2033, she has broken that promise,” Murray said.
H.B. 2033 would decouple the state tax code from changes made to the federal code in the historic federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It would let Kansans itemize deductions on their state returns when using the standard deduction on their federal returns. Most small business owners in Kansas pay taxes at the individual rate rather than the corporate rate.
The reforms contained in the bill are crucial for Kansas taxpayers to protect them against unintended and unexpected increases in their state taxes, Murray said.
“I don’t know how much clearer we can be: Small-business owners and other Kansans can’t afford to pay higher taxes,” Murray said. “That’s why our members are asking their legislators to overturn the governor’s veto and bring common sense to the state’s tax system.”
