NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas Senate passed another version of a flat tax bill this week, and Dan Murray with NFIB-Kansas said, whether that ends up being the final product or not, it's a step in a positive direction.
"The flat tax is certainly something that I think is attractive to many small business owners," Murray said. "Going to a single rate provides a more simple way to comply with tax law. Most of our small business owners don't have in house counsel. It's complicated, often, to figure out how to pay your taxes with different rates and different levels of deductions, etc."
It isn't clear how the House may or may not change the bill and what would come out of any resulting conference committee, but it does give Kansans some hope of working something out this session, that's the message received by Murray at NFIB's Small Business Day earlier this month.
"Regardless of whether it was flat tax or three rates, they wanted tax relief," Murray said. "They think it's what the fair thing to do is. The flat tax was less important candidly, from many of the folks that were in attendance. It was more about general tax relief."
With billions of dollars in the state's coffers right now, small business owners just want some of their money back. It remains to be seen if the legislature and the governor can get to the same page.
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