COUNTY TREASURER DEPARTMENT

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Food sales tax refund

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A refund of the sales tax paid on food purchases.

 

TO QUALIFY:

If you were a Kansas resident of 2006, you are eligible if your Kansas adjusted gross income plus certain interest and retirement benefits exempts from Kansas taxation is $28,600 or less; and

  • You were born before January 1, 1952; or

  • You were totally and permanently disabled or blind for the entire year of 2006; or

  • You have a dependent child who lived with you the entire year and was born before January 1, 2006, and was under the age of 18 all of 2006.

How much is the food sales tax refund?

If your income is: Your refund is:
$0 - $14,800 $76 for each exemption
$14,801 - $28,600 $37 for each exemption

The income brackets are indexed and change each year, and beginning with Tax Year 2006 the refund amounts are indexed as well.

 

Forms are available from the Kansas Department of Revenue, driver's license exam stations, and other places of convenience throughout the State.  Forms may also be ordered from the department's voicemail forms request line at 785-296-4937 or download from www.ink.org/public/kdor.

Assistance and additional information on these tax refunds and credit are available from the Kansas Department of Revenue, Docking State Office Building, 915 SW Harrison Street, 1st Floor, Topeka, Kansas 66625.  In Topeka call 368-8222, outside Topeka call toll free 1-877-526-7738, Hearing-impaired TTY call 785-296-6461.  Information and forms are also available from the department's webpage at www.ink.org/public/kdor.