The Douglas Design District seeks to transform from a voluntary business organization to a tax-funded branch of government.
Posts tagged as “Taxation”
Federal revenues for 2019 were up, but spending increased by a larger amount, resulting in a higher deficit.
The City of Wichita property tax mill levy was unchanged for 2018.
In 2014 Wichita voters rejected a sales tax which would have provided $250 million to spend on a water project. What were the city's concerns?
Kansas personal income tax collections rose by $372 per person in 2018, an increase of 46.5 percent.
Kansas hotel guest tax collections presented in an interactive visualization. Updated through January 2019.
Kansas hotel guest tax collections presented in an interactive visualization. Cities and counties in Kansas may levy a transient guest tax collection on hotel guests.…
The City of Wichita plans subsidized development of a sports facility as an economic driver. Originally published in July 2017.
Wichita voters might be surprised to learn that they passed a city sales tax, according to city documents.
Despite the mayor's bluster, Wichita mostly lets a company off the hook.
A look at some economic development incentive programs in Wichita and Kansas. Second in a series. Tax increment financing (TIF) is prominent in this episode.
Kansas tax receipts by category, presented in an interactive visualization.
A look at some economic development incentive programs in Wichita and Kansas. First in a series.
A look at actual spending on Kansas highways, apart from transfers.
Kansas tax receipts by category, presented in an interactive visualization.
Must the City of Wichita spend its share of Sedgwick County sales tax proceeds in a specific way?
The Wichita City Council will consider approval of a redevelopment plan in a tax increment financing (TIF) district.
Among nearby states, Kansas collects a lot of taxes, on a per-resident basis.
State and local tax collections presented in an interactive visualization. The United States Census Bureau provides tax collection data for states and local governments on…
A lawsuit claims that when the City of Wichita refinanced its special assessment bonds, it should have passed on the savings to the affected taxpayers, and it did not do that.