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Kansas Tax Incentives
Page Contents
- Business Development Division
- Chamber of Commerce
- Disabled Access Credit
- Employer Services
- High Performance Incentive Program (HPIP)
- Investments in Major Projects and Comprehensive Training (IMPACT)
- Kansas Economic Opportunity Initiatives Fund (KEOIF)
- Kansas Enterprise Zones
- Kansas Industrial Retraining Program
- Kansas Industrial Training Program (KIT)
- Registered Apprenticeship
Business Development Division
The Business Development Division strives to grow the Kansas economy through the creation and retention of jobs and capital investment. In addition to promoting the growth, diversification and retention of existing business and industry in Kansas, the Division is responsible for the recruitment of new business to the state and the creation of new job opportunities for Kansans.
Chamber of Commerce
The State Chamber of Commerce partners with other pro-business organizations and local chambers of commerce to develop policy initiatives to grow the economy and provide more employment opportunities
Disabled Access Credit
The Disabled Access Credit web site has information on a tax credit for Kansas’ businesses that make their properties accessible to people with disabilities. It includes information on qualifications, expenditures, credit amounts and credit claiming procedures.
Using this tax credit as an incentive, businesses can make their workplaces more accessible to people with disabilities. This will lead to more employment opportunities for this population and help to reverse the unemployment trend.
Kansas Disabled Tax Credit application Download
Employer Services
The Employer Services web site is about the many benefits of having employees with disabilities. High performance levels, reliability and a low turnover rate are just a few of the positive characteristics of this workforce. The web site has quotes from Kansas’s businesses on the value of these workers.Additionally, there is information on Rehabilitation Services of Kansas, workplace accommodations and tax incentives for employers who hire people with disabilities.
High Performance Incentive Program (HPIP)
The HPIP provides tax incentives to eligible employers that pay above-average wages and have a strong commitment to skills development for their workers. This program recognizes the need for Kansas companies to remain competitive and encourages capital investment in facilities, technology, and continued employee training and education. A substantial investment tax credit for new capital investment in Kansas and a related sales tax exemption are the primary benefits of this program.
Employees receiving training and education from this program can be people with disabilities, who very often need specialized training to continue working after acquiring a disability.
View additonal information on HPIP
Investments in Major Projects and Comprehensive Training (IMPACT)
The IMPACT program is designed to respond to the training and capital requirements of major business expansions and locations in the state. Under certain circumstances, IMPACT may also be used for job retention projects. IMPACT has two major components: the State of Kansas Investments in Lifelong Learning (SKILL) and the Major Project Investment (MPI).
SKILL funds may be used to pay for expenses related to training a new or existing workforce. A person with a disability can certainly benefit from this program by receiving the skills needed obtain and keep employment.
MPI funds may be used for other expenses related to the project, such as the purchase or relocation of equipment, labor recruitment, or building costs. These funds can be used to renovate an old building to make it accessible for employees using wheelchairs.
Kansas Economic Opportunity Initiatives Fund (KEOIF)
The Kansas Economic Opportunity Initiatives Fund provides loans for projects that create or maintain jobs and invest new capital in the state. KEOIF applications must be made by the supporting city or county on behalf of the business.
The jobs created with proceeds from these loans can be filled by people with disabilities. As a class of people, people with disabilities tend to have the highest rate of unemployment. Higher than any other minority group. Job creation through the KEOIF can help reverse this devastating trend.
The following web site has information for KEOIF
KEOIF Guidelines and Application
Kansas Enterprise Zones
The Kansas Enterprise Zone Program provides potential Kansas sales tax exemption and Kansas income/privilege tax credits to businesses creating net new jobs in Kansas through major capital investment projects.
Very often, people with disabilities live in urban areas that are depressed and in need of revitalization. Hiring disabled individuals from these zones would reverse the unemployment trend among this population and give their neighborhoods a much needed lift.
The following web site has additional information on Kansas’ Enterprise Zones, including a definition of an Enterprise Zone and this program’s targeted populations:
The following web site has additional information on Kansas’ Enterprise Zones, including a definition of an Enterprise Zone and this program’s targeted populations
Kansas Industrial Retraining Program
The Kansas Industrial Retraining program is a job retention tool that helps employees of restructuring companies who are likely to be displaced because of obsolete or inadequate job skills and knowledge. Eligible industries include basic enterprises that are restructuring operations through incorporation of new technology, diversification of production, or the development and implementation of new production activities.
Due to a lack of job skills, employees with disabilities are more likely it'sto loose their jobs during a company’s restructuring period. This program can help fill in the gap for those workers by offering training that will keep them current with their restructured companies.
Kansas Industrial Retraining Program Guidelines
Kansas Industrial Training Program (KIT)
The KIT program may be used to assist companies involved in both pre-employment and on-the-job training. Pre-employment training may be used to allow the company and prospective employees an opportunity to evaluate one another before making employment commitments. Prospective employees are given the knowledge and specific skills necessary for job entry. On-the-job training is conducted after hiring.
The type of training offered by KIT is essential to some disabled job seekers, who frequently don’t have the necessary skills to obtain employment.
Kansas Industrial Training Program Guidelines
Registered Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a viable option for employers to retrain current employees in the latest technologies while not losing valuable production time. Apprenticeship training combines actual work experience with classroom-related instruction and produces workers skilled in their occupations and capable of exercising independent judgment.
Since the lack of skills and abilities keep many disabled people from advancing in their careers, the person hired as the apprentice could be someone with a disability who needs specialized training to remain employed.
View Information on Kansas Registered Apprenticeship Training
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