Gov. Laura Kelly is weighing in on a tax package sent to her desk, which includes a slew of tax cuts. The package received bipartisan support in the Senate, with one Democrat voting in favor of the plan, and it passed unanimously in the House. However, Gov. Kelly said Tuesday that her initial interpretation of the bill is that it’s ‘too expensive.’ “I think what I said when it got passed, though, is it’s a little out of the ballpark. It’s too expensive so I really need to take a look at that and have some serious conversations with my budget people looking forward to see if my gut sense is that it is too expensive and not sustainable,” Kelly told reporters Tuesday. Kelly is tight-lipped on whether she’ll veto the plan. She only has about a week left to decide as lawmakers return to the statehouse next week. The package that passed just hours before lawmakers adjourned this month provides property tax relief and eliminates the income tax on social security. It also removes the state food sales tax by July 1. It is something Gov. Kelly has been pushing for since her re-election campaign in 2022. Another key feature of the plan includes moving the state to a two-rate income tax system. It eliminates the bottom bracket and reduces the top two brackets by 0.15%.
Source: KSN-TV
