1. Kansas Tax Update Presented by: Steffani Shelton, CPA Shane Beavers, CPA CBIZ MHM, LLC

2. CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE
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3. Governor’s Tax Initiative
Lower individual rates and move from 3 brackets to 2

4. Contiguous State Comparison
Colorado
Oklahoma
Missouri*
Kansas /3.90
Nebraska
* The Missouri 2013 legislature passed a tax initiative to lower rates and exempt a portion of non-wage business income to be phased in over the next ten years. Governor Nixon vetoed the legislation and the legislature failed to override the veto.

5. Governor’s Tax Initiative
Eliminate itemized deductions
Itemized deductions, with the exception of charitable contributions, will be phased down on the following schedule % % % %
2017 and thereafter 50%
***Gaming losses phased out 100% in 2014
Double the standard deduction for head-of-household filers

6. Governor’s Tax Initiative
Eliminate individual income tax on non-wage business income
Non-wage business income is defined as:
Net profit from business reported on Schedule C
Net income from rental activities, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, trusts and net farm rental reported on Schedule E
Net farm profit reported on Schedule F

7. Non-wage Business Loss Exclusion
Section 12(b)(xix) of HB 2117 provides that:
There shall be added to federal adjusted gross income:
Loss from business as reported on Schedule C
Loss from rental activities, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, estates, trusts and net farm rentals as reported on Schedule E
Farm loss as reported on Schedule F

8. Self-employed Spouse Business Losses
Losses incurred by a self-employed person claimed on Schedule C are not deductible on the Kansas income tax return
Wage income earned by spouse is taxable on the Kansas income tax return
No offset of business loss against wage income

9. Statutory Employees Statutory employees receive a Form W-2
Statutory employees report their “wages” on Schedule C
Statutory employees deduct their expenses incurred in connection with their trade or business on Schedule C
Kansas Notice specifically provides that statutory employees are self-employed for purposes of HB 2117
Net schedule C income is excluded from Kansas AGI
Net schedule C loss is excluded from Kansas AGI

10. Governor’s Tax Initiative
Leave corporate income tax rates unchanged
Hold the sales tax steady at 6.3%

11. Subchapter S Matters Discuss possible adjustments to wages
Reasonable compensation
Health insurance premiums for 2% shareholders

12. Reasonable Compensation
HB 2117 exempts non-wage business income while taxing wage income
Salary paid to shareholder employees of S corporations must be reasonable
Criteria for reasonable compensation
Size, complexity and financial condition of business
Employee’s position, time spent working and nature of services performed
Pay for comparable services and prevailing economic conditions
Employee’s responsibilities and qualifications
Salary paid in prior years
Distribution to shareholders

13. Health Insurance Premiums
Health insurance premiums paid on behalf of 2% shareholder-employees must be included in W-2 for the employer to deduct the premium and for the employee to deduct the insurance premium above-the-line on form 1040
Self-employed health insurance premium is not deductible on the Kansas income tax return
HB 2059 did not modify this rule

14. Subchapter S matters
Rent adjustment for those that rent a self-owned building to their business

15. Partnership Matters Basis in Partnership interest Guaranteed payments
As with S-corporations, ordinary income from sale of business assets that flow to page 1 of 1065 will not be subject to Kansas tax

16. Basis in Partnership Interest
HB 2117 §37(a) provided that the only adjustment to basis of partnership interest was as provided for in IRC §733
SB 79 revokes HB 2117 §37(a)
Basis in partnership interests for Kansas purposes will be equal to the federal tax basis

17. Guaranteed Payments
Guaranteed payments are deductible to the partnership and taxable to the recipient partner
Guaranteed payments are reportable by recipient partner on Schedule E and exempt from Kansas income tax
Health insurance premiums paid by partnership on behalf of partner are includible as guaranteed payments

18. Sole proprietorships
File Schedule C on federal return – exempt from Kansas tax starting in 2013
Losses not deductible to Kansas
When business assets are sold with ordinary recapture, that is subject to Kansas tax
Inconsistent with partnership & S-corporation

19. C Corporation Matters
Neither HB 2117 nor the successor bills modify the taxation of corporations taxed pursuant to subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code
Should subchapter S be elected?
Net operating loss
Built-in-gains tax
Should the corporation be liquidated?
Professional corporations
Valuation considerations

20. Other issues
Net operating losses reported by a subchapter S corporation to its shareholder-employees are not deductible on the Kansas income tax return
Salary earned by shareholder-employee is taxable

21. Other issues Independent contractor vs. employee
IRS provides guidance when determining status
Consider:
Who set hours, right of control
Where work is performed
Business furnishes tools and materials
Does worker make services available to the general public?
Rental income on Schedule E is exempt from Kansas tax
When rental property is sold, it is subject to Kansas tax (reported on Schedule D)

22. Any questions?
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