MISSING THE MARK
By LINDA MOWERY-DENNING
It can’t be an easy job to accurately estimate how much revenue a state will collect in a given time period — and that process must be even more difficult in a state like Kansas, whose tax policies have undergone significant change in a relatively short time. During a recent press conference, Budget Director Shawn Sullivan didn’t seem particularly satisfied with the work of the state’s Consensus Estimating Group, which is responsible for predicting state revenue. In fact he said he planned to look at how other states handle their estimates and see how Kansas might improve its process.
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