Kansas governor proposes 3-day sales tax holiday next year
TOPEKA, Kan. (KAKE) - Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says the state needs to make it more affordable for parents to prepare their kids for school and she's proposing a tax-free weekend next August.
Every year around August, Missouri and Oklahoma have a Tax-Free Weekend where parents can buy things like clothes and school supplies without paying a penny in taxes.
"I propose a 3-day sales tax holiday for back-to-school items in August 2023," the Democratic governor said on Twitter. "We owe it to our kids to give them the tools they need to succeed."
So hasn't Kansas done it?
"It's been suggested in the past in Kansas. It wasn't this current year, but this would have been a good year to do it," Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Rogers said last month.
"Kansans really just want legislation just to help them. To work with them and help them. This would affect grandparents as well, anybody that's helping families get their kids back to school," said Rogers.
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