We support the principle of the progressive income tax.
The Kansas Farmers Union supports the phase out of all tax preferences that made agriculture a tax shelter for outside, speculative investment.
We recommend a change in the federal income tax laws to eliminate income tax liabilities of forced liquidations.
Road tax on farm fuels should be exempt at point of sale. We support the continuation of the deduction of state and local property taxes from federal tax returns.
We support income tax averaging for family farmers.
We support increasing the number of tax brackets to facilitate a more equitable tax structure.
We support the tax incentives to encourage the use of wind, solar and other renewable energy systems.
Individuals should be allowed the same health insurance deduction as corporations.
We support increasing the limit on calculating Social Security tax.
We support an estate tax with a five million dollar exemption.
