Legislators hear property tax issues: land value manipulation, businesses fleeing Kansas and voter demands for reform - The Sentinel

Legislators hear property tax issues: land value manipulation, businesses fleeing Kansas and voter demands for reform - The Sentinel

The Kansas Constitution (Article 11, Section 1) stipulates that “the legislature shall provide for a uniform and equal basis of valuation and rate of taxation of all property subject to taxation.” But that is not happening, according to several witnesses testifying about property tax before the Special Committee on Taxation last week. Jennifer Williams Jennifer Williams, a Miami County tax accountant, offered a 58-page analysis of what she descr…