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Most states, Kansas included, put more tax burden on middle- and low-income families than on the wealthy, according to a new study by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
At a glance, Kansas appears to split taxes as a share of income more evenly than the national average. But low- and middle-income families are still seeing a greater percentage of their incomes go to the government than wealthy families.
Kansas families that make less than $19,000 a year pay about 9.2 percent of their income in taxes — the national average is 10.9 percent. More than 6 percent comes from sales and excise taxes, and 3.5 percent comes from property taxes, the report shows. The richest families making more than $424,000 pay 7.1 percent of their incomes in taxes. Offset by federal deductions, the poorest pay the same share in taxes while the richest pay 5.9 percent in taxes — the national average is 5.2 percent.
