Kansas Tax Incentives

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Kansas Tax Incentives

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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

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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.

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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

The following Eligibility/Application Questionnaire must be completed for an employer to participate in HPIP

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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.

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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 KEOUF can help reverse this devastating trend.

The following web site is the application and its guide lines for KEOIF

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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

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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 to 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.

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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.

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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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Rehabilitation Teaching (RT)

The RT program is aimed at helping persons with blindness and visual impairments gain skills suitable for the workplace. Rehabilitation teachers help with communication, orientation, mobility and daily living skills, so that employees with visual problems feel more confident on the job.

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