Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB484

Introduced
2/7/24  
Refer
2/8/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Engrossed
3/18/24  
Refer
3/18/24  

Caption

Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

Impact

If enacted, SB 484 will alter existing property tax laws by exempting certain assets from ad valorem taxes until December 31, 2024, after which these items will enjoy permanent tax exemptions. This significant change is expected to relieve taxpayers from liabilities associated with property that serves personal leisure rather than commercial purposes. By shifting the tax burden away from these assets, it potentially encourages recreational investments while also providing financial relief to owners of such properties.

Summary

Senate Bill 484, introduced by the Committee on Ways and Means, aims to provide property tax exemptions for specific personal property categories in Kansas, including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles, and certain trailers. The bill stipulates that these exemptions will apply to properties not operated on highways and designated for personal use rather than for income production. This legislative effort reflects a changing landscape in property taxation where citizens seek more equitable treatment concerning recreational and personal assets.

Contention

The bill has sparked debate among lawmakers and stakeholders over the potential fiscal implications on state revenues and local economies. Proponents argue that such tax relief is essential for encouraging outdoor activities and protecting personal property investments. Conversely, critics raise concerns regarding the loss of revenue collected through property taxes, which fund essential local services. There are apprehensions that the exemptions may disproportionately benefit affluent individuals at the expense of broader community needs, impacting the equitable distribution of public resources.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2014

Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

KS SB10

Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS HB2096

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, increasing the tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing a property tax rebate for certain business property operated in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS HB2231

Providing an additional personal exemption for head of household tax filers and increasing the personal exemption for certain disabled veterans for purposes of income tax, modifying the definition of household income related to increased property tax homestead refund claims, providing for the apportionment of business income by the single sales factor and the apportionment of financial institution income by the receipts factor, providing for the apportionment pursuant to the three-factor test of a manufacturer who sells alcoholic liquor, requiring the use of single sales factor pursuant to the multistate tax compact, establishing deductions from income when using the single sales factor and receipts factor, providing for the decrease in corporate income tax rates, determining when sales other than tangible personal property are made in the state, excluding sales of a unitary business group of electric and natural gas public utilities, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

KS SB300

House Substitute for SB 300 by Committee on Taxation - Modifying income tax rates for individuals, increasing the standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income limit for an income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax rate, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund, providing for certain transfers to the special city and county highway fund and decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

KS SB252

Providing for exemptions from property tax and sales tax for certain businesses competing against governmental entities.

KS A5295

Reclassifies electric bicycles; establishes certain regulations for electric bicycles, motorized bicycles, storage batteries, and charging systems.

KS SB2539

All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles; allow tagging for operation on certain roads.

KS SB2258

All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles; allow tagging for operation on certain roads.

Similar Bills

KS HB2014

Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

KS SB300

House Substitute for SB 300 by Committee on Taxation - Modifying income tax rates for individuals, increasing the standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income limit for an income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax rate, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund, providing for certain transfers to the special city and county highway fund and decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

OH HB366

Regards disposal of self-service storage property and liability

KS SB10

Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

VA SB976

Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant, watercraft.

VA HB1930

Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant, watercraft.

LA SB320

Allows the occupant of a watercraft traveling on state waters and engaged in any lawful activity to remain on those waters unless forbidden to do so by the owner. (8/1/20)

ME LD68

An Act to Amend the State Tax Laws