Total tax collections outperformed expectations for the state of Kansas last month.
The Department of Revenue says total collections were just under $456 million, almost $20 million more than estimated and almost $8 million more than February 2020.
Increases were seen almost across the board. Individual income tax collections were almost $14 million more than last year. Corporate income taxes were up $1 million. Retail sales tax collections were up $1.4 million. Compensating use taxes were down $215,000.
Governor Laura Kelly says the state needs to maintain “fiscally-responsible, prudent practices” as the coronavirus pandemic continues. She also wants the federal government to base its recovery aid package on total population, as the Trump administration did last year, instead of the state’s unemployed population as announced by the Biden administration.
