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Monday. October 30,1972
University Daily Kansan
Inaccurate Tax Information Yields Inequitable Sharing
Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series examining the general revenue sharing act and the concept of President Nixon. Part two will deal with the concept of revenue sharing and its possible consequences.
By BOB LITCHFIELD Kansas Staff Writer
The use of outdated and inaccurate tax information has led to the relatively low allocations of revenue sharing funds to the urban areas of the region.
Figures show that although the four urban counties in Kansas—Wyndotte, Johnson, Shawnee and Sedgwick—contain 40 percent of the state's population, they are scheduled to cover a large part of the $33 million awarded for local governments.
Third District Rep. Larry Winn Jr., R-Kan, is seeking an in-office appointment and allotments to Johnson and Wyandotte counties because he thinks those counties received lower shares than they are en-
A federal government print-out shows that Johnson County will receive $800,230 in general revenue sharing funds for 1972, a year in which counties in western Kansas, for contrast, receive $22.70 per capita under the distribution formula. Checks from the U.S. department of the Treasury for travel expenses are expected to arrive this week.
Population and income figures for 1970 were used in the computations, but data on local tax rates may be available from the census of Government figures.
THE FORMULA used to compute the allocations to local governments is based upon population, general tax effort and per capita income—measured as the area which benefits low-income areas.
The 1967 tax information is even older than that, according to the late Jim Doyle, director of the League of Kansas Municipalities. It was based on the 1968 tax levies or 1968 purposes. The department came are sketty in rural areas, Cunningham added, and this could account for some inaccuracy.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz dated November 15, 2017, the reassessment of fund allocations to local governments in Kansas. Winn does not challenge the distribution formula itself, but does not point out the Census Bureau reporting and a lack of understanding of Kansas population trends by the department for unrealized distribution of the funds
THE SECRETARY of the Treasury is authorized to redistribute funds if inequities are found.
Though the two counties had 18 per cent of the state's population, they are credited for only 6% taxation units raised by local taxing units.
The 1967 tax figures show that Johnson and Wyandotte counties together raised only $28 million. The state also paid a state total of $154 million.
Winn said that the 1967 figures were totally inaccurate and that their effect had been at penalize the urban areas for population growth, making them appear to be more attractive than they actually maintained.
The Census Bureau data are
used to calculate the number of
because the two counties raised
$25 million in local taxes in 1971,
350 per cent more than they are
now.
HE URGED the Treasury Department to use tax effort and population figures for the same
year to correct the inconsistencies.
The per capita distribution in Kansas does not seem normal when compared to other states with larger population characteristics.
Although Johnson County's high per capita income—50 per cent above the state average—would work to lower county's share should be substantially larger than indicated.
Wyandotte and Johnson counties have the highest county property taxes account for over 90 per cent of local government taxes.
CUNNINGHAM SAID that the data would be updated as soon as
In 1965, the year for which tax data for the revenue sharing formula is based, Wyndotte公司支付了 $1,000 on $1,000 valuation); Johnson County 123; and the state average 69. Russell County, one of the counties scheduled to receive a tax deduction, had a 1965 mill levy of only 49.
Johnson County Commissioner Robert R. Davis said he believed the increase in his results. He agreed that the present distribution was inequitable because it was macrated in the county. Johnston County's 8,000 a year population increase and the subsequent increase in the county.
Johnson County's population has increased by 50,000 since 1965. It looks as if the tax load is very small there. Winn said, with an increase in the number from the 1970 census to get a true picture of the county's tax level.
"At the same time many of the rural areas in the state have lost population, making them appear lonely. I don't think they are really area," Winn said.
ALLOCATIONS FOR SOME KANSA CITIES AND COUNTIES:
All cities
$Amounts
Per Capital Share
Bays 158,614 $10.30
Kanawa City 1,841,379 $9.79
Lawrence 354,347 $9.79
Lawrence Hill 28,362 $11.25
Mannahut 278,686 $10.10
Overtown Park 86,110 $8.68
Shawnee 10,878 $9.92
Tappan 12,329 $9.92
Wichita 133,061 $9.82
Counties
$Amounts Per Capital Share
Douglas 882,243 $15.22
Johnson 608,924 $15.22
Klowa 92,567 $22.70
Lawrence Hill 60,655 $22.70
Reno 941,999 $15.50
Sedgwick 214,885 $15.00
Sedgwick 4,263,172 $12.15
Sawyer 1,672,172 $12.15
Waynette 3,074,777 $16.40
INSTEAD OF the $690,000 Johnson County is scheduled to receive, $3 million would be a more realistic allotment if up-to-date information had been used in the computations. The ITX said, it would cost the $17 per tax credit of 437 per cent above the 1967 figure, he said.
possible. The Office of Revenue in the Treasury Department has sent out 28,000 forms to local agencies that have been updated information, he said.
The basic formula for distribution would not change, but the allocations would be recomputed at least once a year, using the most recent population, income and tax information. The data are recorded when more current information was available, Cunningham said.
Wyndote and Johnson county officials echo Winn's belief that they have been shortchanged and not informed to back up their claims.
The entrance of the Raeletes, Ive girls who sing back up, provided some visual interest as she sang and reminded me of the days of the Supremes. One member of the Raeletes did a lot of singing, such as a back song to Charles and number 12 in Raeletes and she had a beautiful
Bob Baker, assistant to Kansas City, Kan., Mayor Richard Walsh, said that the city had twice the tax revenue in 1972 that was reported for 1967 because of the increased property from 1966 to the present and changes in the tax structure in 1970.
THE HIGHER property tax rates in Kansas City are not considered in the government information used to compute the city's revenue sharing allocation. A such stantial increase when the correct data are used, Baker said.
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The effort put out by Ray Cohn (Cohn) has been the chestra, in the homecoming concert Saturday night bore a strong response. The stage is hot, and we move
Charles seemed to be pretty well into his music, but his foot tapping and jumping around did not show. He flattly refused to play any songs requested by fans in the 1980s and photographs to take any more pictures after the second song, because the "click-click bugged"
Douglas County fared better than the district, Winn said. The Douglas County allocation of $82,000 is more than the Johnson County allocation.
By MARY LIND Kansan Reviewer
The show was opened by the band members who got up one by one and soaked short pieces that resulted in an incoherent whole. Then came Ray, following the band's lead, "the genius of Ray Charles."
Charles' score included "You Gift Me My Baby! Baby!" "I Baby! Baby!" "I Can't Stop Love You." "Look What They've Done to My Song" and "Indian Love Home"
Reese sand "It Only Takes a Mourn," "Proud玛利" "M." is the Real Thing* and "I believe in God." Reese said she is a medley of old and new songs.
Her voice came across with ear-shattering舒音, but her expression was the sound system. She had three talented accompanists and her music was fairly recent. Her hair was neatly styled, in the concert well ever since.
Della Reese preceded Charles and was the saving factor of the accident. She is sensitive to her personality and anecdotes put her immediately in close communication with her audience greatly to her total presentation.
Under the House version of the revenue sharing bill, Johnson County would have received $4 million for the heavily populated, industrial areas, but the House-Senate compromise measure approved by Congress and signed into law would benefit low-income, rural areas. Most central cities fare well under the program, but the weather suburbs have suffered more damage at the expense of rural areas.
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The music was not bad, but it was out of place in partially filled Hoch auditorium. It belonged in a night club in a large city.
Charles did not do an encore. The audience did stand at the end if his performance 'but they had o in order to leave.
THE BILL'S stated intention is to augment public services to states, counties and communities in order to provide better police and fire protection, health care, and to the poor and aged, education, protection and public transportation and mass transit.
"It's Wyandotte and Johnson counties that have these problems, at least more urgent than we do," she said, the rural counties." Winn said,
Kansas' $25.8 million allocation in the rainy season is $24 per capita share, which is about half and below the national average of $25.47. One-third, $17.6 million goes to the state government and $12.2 million to local governments.
The revenue sharing bill, the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, provides $30.2 billion over a five-year period. The 1972 bill is the graduation of $3.3 billion will be increased to $8.5 billion in 1976.
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