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Lessons from efforts to cut income taxes in Kansas and Tennessee

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By John Joseph Murphy
| Mexico Ledger Verified
Many Missouri lawmakers supporting Amendment 5, which would phase out the state’s individual income tax and allow lawmakers to broadly raise sales taxes to replace it, point to Tennessee as an example to follow. Tennessee fully eliminated state income taxes in 2021. But critics of Missouri’s plan point to neighboring Kansas, which set out to eliminate its income taxes during the 2010s before some of the same lawmakers who launched the effort ultimately reversed course.
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Capitol Report 7/27/2026

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By John Joseph Murphy, Hailey Sanford, Kennedy Voss
| Missouri Press Association
Missouri News Network: Statehouse News for MPA Members This report is written by Missouri School of Journalism students for publication by MPA member newspapers in print and online. ----------------------------------------------------- Missouri News Network this week takes a look at some of the election issues facing voters, a growing migration of the Amish to the state and how electric utilities are seeking new rules to streamline power plant construction.
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Lessons from efforts to cut income taxes in Kansas and Tennessee

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By John Joseph Murphy
| Columbia Missourian Verified
TOPEKA, Kan. — Many Missouri lawmakers supporting Amendment 5, which would phase out the state's individual income tax and allow lawmakers to broadly raise sales taxes to replace it, point to Tennessee as an example to follow. Tennessee fully eliminated state income taxes in 2021. But critics of Missouri's plan point to neighboring Kansas, which set out to eliminate its income taxes during the 2010s before some of the same lawmakers who launched the effort ultimately reversed course.
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