Gov. Laura Kelly’s tax reform council got an earful Thursday from influential business lobbying groups yearning for hefty tax breaks, while individuals pleaded for a lower state sales tax on groceries and preservation of a tax credit for low-income Kansans.
Woven into the discussion were warnings from the state budget director and a K-12 education advocate about avoiding tax overhaul that compromised the budget and gave traction to factions eager to abandon pledges to spend more on education, highways and other priorities.
The bipartisan panel created by Kelly is expected to deliver recommendations before start of the 2020 legislative session in January.
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