Total tax collections for December in Kansas were $890.3 million, a 7.8 percent increase over the monthly estimate, according to Gov. Laura Kelly.
It is also a 15.6 percent, or $120 million, growth over December 2020.
“Over the past three years my administration has taken steps to restore the Kansas economy, and that fiscal responsibility has paved the way to provide direct tax relief to Kansas taxpayers,” Gov. Kelly said. “That relief will come specifically through proposals like axing the food tax and offering a one-time $250 tax rebate for Kansas families.”
Individual income tax collections were $355.2 million. That is $35.2 million more than the estimate and $48.5 million, or 15.8%, more than the previous December.
Corporate income tax collections were $132.0 million, which is $22.0 million more than the estimate. That is 33.1%, or $32.8 million, more than the same month of the previous year.
Retail sales tax collections were $224.3 million for December. That is $4.3 million, or 2.0%, more than the estimate and 11.1%, or $22.4 million, more than December 2020.
Compensating use tax collections were $69.2 million. That is $2.2 million, or 3.3%, more than the estimate. Those collections are also $17.0 million, or 32.7%, more than the previous December.
According to figures from the Kansas Department of Revenue, retail sales tax revenue distributions in Wyandotte County for December 2021 were $2.77 million, a 21.9 percent increase from December 2020’s figure of $2.27 million.
For the calendar year 2021, retail sales tax revenue distributions increased 15 percent in Wyandotte County, from $25.59 million in 2020 to $29.42 million in 2021, according to KDOR figures.
Sales tax revenue distributions for Kansas City, Kansas, were $4.2 million for December 2021 as compared to $3.38 million in December 2020, according to KDOR figures, a 26.3 percent increase. For the calendar year of 2021, sales tax revenue distributions in Kansas City, Kansas, were $42.1 million, an increase of 11.8 percent over $37.6 million in 2020.
Statewide tax collection figures are at https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/06_December_Revenue_FY2022_01-03-2022_Final.pdf.