mikeleblanc413 wrote:
As to the Kansas state income tax being withheld...what I don't understand is...why can't an individual sign a document that he/she is not a resident and not have the state income tax held out? Why is it necessary for an individual to have to invest his/her time and money in getting back money that is rightfully his/hers? My take is, that I suppose the state is hoping that an individual will not take the time to file and the state keeps the money!
I'll play devil's advocate here. From the state's point of view, it would be much easier to have an employer withhold taxes and refund them later than try to track down thousands of individual taxpayers at a later date to determine if they indeed owe taxes.
I'm not sure about Kansas but I know Kentucky DOR had a proviso that if you expected your annual gross income (from all sources) to be less than a certain amount, then you could file a form through your employer to be exempt from state tax withholding.
