ROUNDUP: Gov. Laura Kelly Fulfills Campaign Promise and Axes the Food Tax in Kansas
Topeka, KS – Kansans will be saving more money at the grocery store thanks to Governor Kelly, as she signed bipartisan legislation yesterday that will fully eliminate the food sales tax by 2025.
Axing the Food Tax has been one of Governor Kelly’s top priorities as she fights for fiscally responsible policies to keep more money in Kansans’ wallets. Under Governor Kelly’s leadership, Kansas has rebalanced the budget and achieved record economic success, saving Kansans over $1 billion in taxes over the next three years.
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly on Wednesday signed a bill that phases out the state’s food sales tax starting next year. It comes at a time when food prices are at record highs. The governor says her priority is to help struggling families.
“Here in Kansas, we grow the food that feeds the world. But right now, with inflation, our own groceries cost way too much. No family in Kansas should have to choose between buying groceries and paying the rent or mortgage,” said Gov. Kelly.
Kansas is getting rid of its state food sales tax on groceries. Governor Laura Kelly signed a bill Wednesday which will eliminate the state’s more than six-percent food sales tax by 2025.
“When Kansans needed it most, we were able to bring Democrats and Republicans together to eliminate our state’s tax on groceries,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “Because we saved for our collective future, we can now responsibly axe the food tax – all while boosting funding to Kansas schools, roads, and law enforcement.”
Governor Laura Kelly made an appearance at a grocery store in Olathe to sign legislation to axe the food tax in Kansas.
“This is a huge win for our state and, once fully implemented, will save Kansas families hundreds of dollars a year.”
- KCUR: You’ll be paying a lower sales tax for groceries in Kansas soon, but it won’t go to zero until 2025
Kansans will soon be paying a lower sales tax rate at the grocery store after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly signed a tax cut into law that was approved by state lawmakers.
Barbara Conway was loading bananas into her cart when she heard that the governor was in the store to sign the tax cut.
“That’s phenomenal,” Conway said. “I have a friend that lives in another state that doesn’t pay food tax. She comes to visit and she’s astounded at how much the tax is (here).”
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed the “Axe the Food Tax” bill into law Wednesday.
Kelly said she wished the bill would eliminate the grocery tax this year, but she said she would continue to push the legislature to up the timeline on the elimination of the tax.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was in the Kansas City area Wednesday to sign a bill phasing out the state’s food sales tax.
After years of debating the issue, Kansas lawmakers finally agreed on a plan to phase out the state’s 6.5% food sales tax starting next year.
“It’ll help out the cost of living when you shop for groceries and things and so forth,” shopper John Mobley said. “It’ll help the household as a [whole].”
- Kansas Reflector: Kelly goes shopping for sweet food sales tax repeal, settles for gradual reduction
Gov. Laura Kelly took a trip to a Hy-Vee store to sign a bipartisan bill Wednesday phasing out over three years the state’s 6.5% sales tax on groceries, but would prefer the Legislature reconsider her proposal to promptly wipe out the state tax on groceries.
The Republican-led Legislature is sitting on a large budget surplus, but has been wary of wholesale deletion of the state’s tax on food July 1 because it would be viewed as a political victory for the Democratic governor and the lost state revenue could haunt lawmakers if the economy fell into recession. The governor has campaigned to “Axe the Food Tax,” which would be popular among consumers grappling with the highest inflation rate in decades.
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