Kansas City voters decide: Keep tax that s big source of city funds or get rid of it? Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 1 Kansas City voters get yet another opportunity to either renew or eliminate the earnings tax a 1% tax on earnings for anyone who lives or works in Kansas City, as well as on profits of companies that operate in the city.
The April 6 special election is the latest in a five-year cycle for the earnings tax, which has been in place since the 1960s.
If you live in Kansas City, you pay the earnings tax. If you live elsewhere but work in Kansas City, you pay the earnings tax. And if your company makes a profit in Kansas City, that business pays the earnings tax.