Kansas Senate approves a 1-cent tax for 3 years . Maybe Education will get a boost ?

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Thu May-06-10 10:38 PM
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Kansas Senate approves a 1-cent tax for 3 years . Maybe Education will get a boost ?

Senate passes 1-cent sales tax increase
TOPEKA � The Senate has approved a three-year, 1-cent increase in the state sales tax to help close a budget gap.

The tax would increase to 6.3 percent from 5.3 percent. After three years, the increase would scale back from 6.3 percent to 5.7 percent with money from remaining increase going to the state highway fund to pay for road projects.

The tax still must be approved by the House.

The Senate vote was 23-17.

Earlier, the Senate rejected a smaller part of its tax package, the elimination of a business tax deduction worth about $17 million.

Before voting on the sales tax, senators debated � and rejected � several suggested amendments.

Read more: http://blogs.kansas.com/gov/2010/05/06/senate-opts-to-keep-business-tax-deduction/#ixzz0nDA0un39

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Thu May-06-10 10:44 PM
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1. I hope its not as temporary as the increases in Ca were

When it was 5% in the early 90's a "temporary" increase to 6% was proposed, and now were at 9.25% with no claims of temporary still being made.

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