Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 79-32,205

  • Earned income: means compensation paid to a Kansas employee for competitive integrated employment that is equal or greater than the minimum wage and is performed in a competitive integrated setting. See Kansas Statutes 79-32,299
  • federal internal revenue code: shall mean the provisions of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, and amendments thereto, and other provisions of the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes, as the same may be or become effective at any time, or from time to time, for the taxable year. See Kansas Statutes 79-32,109
  • Resident individual: means a natural person who is domiciled in this state. See Kansas Statutes 79-32,109

(a) There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax liability of a resident individual imposed under the Kansas income tax act an amount equal to 18% for tax years 2010 through 2012, and an amount equal to 17% for tax year 2013, and all tax years thereafter, of the amount of the earned income credit allowed against such taxpayer’s federal income tax liability pursuant to section 32 of the federal internal revenue code for the taxable year in which such credit was claimed against the taxpayer’s federal income tax liability.

(b) If the amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) exceeds the taxpayer’s income tax liability imposed under the Kansas income tax act, such excess amount shall be refunded to the taxpayer.