Susan Wagle on Tax Reform

$500M tax cut: no state windfall from federal tax changes

Wagle appointed herself chair of the committee that crafted the bill, which she said was intended to enact the Trump tax cuts in Kansas. Kelly vetoed the measure which would have allowed Kansans to itemize deductions on their state income taxes even if they don't itemize their federal returns.

"I've had a lot of calls in the last two weeks from Kansans who are complaining about paying more in Kansas income tax than they're paying in the federal tax," Wagle said.

She rejected the Democratic arguments that the bill, which would have also created tax breaks for businesses, was a retread of former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's economic experiment.