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The School Taxes Bill
Kansas cuts school taxes
House Substitute for SB 303 by Committee on Taxation - Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, discontinuing certain sales tax exemptions, imposing sales tax on certain sales of lottery tickets, imposing an excise tax on all sports wagers as a rate of 2% of the amount wagered, creating the property tax relief fund and providing for transfers therefrom to the state school district finance fund and creating the sports wagering privilege tax refund fund.
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
This bill would lower school taxes for people
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
If this bill passes, people might pay less in school taxes, but it also adds new taxes on lottery tickets and sports wagers, so it's a mixed bag for consumers and we should weigh in now
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Lowers school district ad valorem tax rate
- Adds sales tax to certain lottery ticket sales
- Imposes 2% excise tax on sports wagers
- Creates property tax relief fund
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