State Revenue officials say sales tax refunds authorized by the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Audit Division required all municipalities in Reno County to take a hit in sales tax receipts for May. Additional details on those refunds, including how much they amounted to, what period they were from and how many businesses were involved, were not available. It was also unclear if the refunds related specifically to compensating use taxes or if that’s just how the state decided to tap the funds. Either way, the result was a 91% drop in compensating use tax receipts going to the county compared to May of last year and an overall 96.4% drop for the city of Hutchinson.
Source: Hutch News
