TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Governor Sam Brownback says Kansas legislators should keep working on tax issues even though they’ve already sent him a bill reducing income and sales taxes.
The measure cleared the House Wednesday on a 64-59 vote, and Brownback says he’s prepared to sign it.
The Senate had approved it earlier, though many members didn’t like much of it and worried it could create budget problems.
The bill reduces individual income tax rates, eliminates income taxes for 191,000 businesses and lowers the 6.3 percent sales tax to 5.7 percent in July 2013.
But the Legislature’s staff has predicted the cuts will create a budget shortfall that could exceed $2.7 billion by July 2017.
The House’s action prevented the Senate from voting on a less aggressive alternative.