Last year, I asked you to address the inequity between single and married taxpayers. To add a tax burden on young people starting their careers, on single parents struggling to keep their families intact, or on those who have lost their spouse just isn't right. Now we have the resources. On behalf of the more than 500,000 Kansans who will receive a 20 percent reduction this year, I strongly urge you to provide tax justice to single taxpayers. In our efforts over the past three years to provide tax relief to Kansans, we have not dealt adequately with the income tax.
Relief is due to all who pay income taxes.
Enacting a 10 percent earned income tax credit. I agree and ask your support for a state credit equal to 10 percent of the federal amount for Kansans. Kansas is clearly out of step with the rest of the nation on the taxation of machinery and equipment. My proposal begins the process of removing this business inequity by providing a 15 percent income tax credit for property taxes paid on machinery and equipment. These four proposals, along with reducing the single taxpayer rate, provide major income tax relief for Kansans.