Kansas tax cuts on trial amid huge budget deficit

Tax experts lament that the cuts were poorly structured.

“The goals behind them aren’t bad. But the cuts weren’t properly targeted,” said Lori McMillan, a law professor at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.

For instance, she noted, the tax-free profits measure is a boon for plenty of entities — such as partnerships and S Corps — that are not really small businesses at all. And the tax-free break on profits is not tied to the numbers of jobs those entities create.

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