Kansas Governor Signs Law Establishing COVID-19 Retail Storefront Property Tax Relief, Amending Sales Tax Provisions

The Kansas Governor June 2 signed a law establishing the COVID-19 Retail Storefront Property Tax Relief Act and amending certain sales and use tax provisions. The law includes measures: 1) providing refunds to certain businesses impacted by COVID-19-related shutdowns and restrictions during tax years 2020 and 2021 based on a portion of property taxes accrued on a retail storefront property; 2) providing 33 percent of the COVID-19 qualifying sum as the refund amount; 3) discontinuing the first 15 days of the month sales tax remittance requirements for certain retailers; 4) authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Atchison County to ...