Updated for tax year 2025.
If you live or work in Kansas, you’ll likely need to file a Kansas state income tax return along with your federal return. Kansas has a progressive income tax system with two tax rates, so the amount you owe depends on your filing status and taxable income.
This guide explains Kansas’s 2025 income tax rates and brackets, standard deduction, available exemptions and credits, and updates for the current tax year. When you’re ready to file, TaxAct® automatically applies Kansas’s tax rules to help you accurately prepare your Kansas return alongside your federal return.
What is the Kansas state income tax?
Kansas state income tax is a tax on income earned by individuals. It is collected by the Kansas Department of Revenue and helps fund state services.
Kansas uses a progressive income tax system with two brackets. For tax year 2025, Kansas’s individual income tax rates are 5.2% and 5.58%, depending on your filing status and taxable income. Kansas reduced its top rate and consolidated to two brackets beginning in tax year 2024.
Kansas income tax rates and tax brackets
Like many others within the United States, the state income tax brackets for Kansas vary depending on a taxpayer’s income level and filing status:
| Taxable Income – Single, Married Filing Separately, or Head of Household | Taxable Income – Married Filing Jointly | Tax Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0–$23,000 | $0–$46,000 | 5.2% |
| Over $23,000 | Over $46,000 | 5.58% |
If you need more information on how federal tax brackets work, you can use our tax bracket calculator for federal taxes. See the 2025 Kansas Individual Income Tax Booklet for official rate schedules and tax tables.
Kansas standard deduction
Kansas residents can itemize deductions on their state returns only when they itemize deductions on their federal tax returns. A popular deduction is by calculating mileage for reimbursement.
If you took the federal standard deduction, you may itemize or take the Kansas standard deduction, whichever is better. In turn, if you itemize federally, you may still itemize or take the Kansas standard deduction.
Standard deductions are also available, but are different for each filing status:
| Filing Status | Standard Deduction |
|---|---|
| Single | $3,605 |
| Married Filing Jointly | $8,240 |
| Head of Household | $6,180 |
| Married Filing Separately | $4,120 |
Kansas exemptions
As of tax year 2025, residents of Kansas can also claim a personal exemption of $9,160 for those who file as single, head of household, or married filing separately. Those married filing jointly can claim a personal exemption of $18,320. In addition, you can claim a personal exemption of $2,320 for each dependent that qualifies for a federal deduction. Certain disabled veterans can claim an additional Kansas exemption of $2,320.
For tax year 2025, Kansas also allows an additional $2,320 exemption for a child born during the tax year, including stillbirths. Kansas offers credits that may reduce what you owe, including the earned income tax credit (17% of the federal EITC for qualifying Kansas residents).
Kansas tax changes for 2025
For tax year 2025, Kansas’s two-bracket rate structure (5.2% and 5.58%) and the standard deduction and personal exemption amounts in effect since 2024 remain unchanged. Kansas continues to allow a subtraction modification for Social Security benefits included in federal adjusted gross income, with no income cap.
Legislation enacted in 2025 made minor adjustments to personal exemptions, including codifying the head of household additional exemption and aligning the disabled veteran exemption at $2,320. Kansas uses rolling conformity with the Internal Revenue Code, so federal tax law changes — including certain provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) — may flow through to Kansas returns unless the legislature decouples. See Kansas Department of Revenue guidance for details.
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The bottom line
Kansas has a progressive state income tax with two 2025 rates — 5.2% and 5.58% — that apply based on your filing status and taxable income. Knowing the Kansas income tax brackets, standard deduction amounts, personal exemption allowance, and available credits can help you estimate what you may owe and what you may get back.
When you’re ready to file, TaxAct can help you prepare your federal and Kansas returns in one place so you can file with confidence.
Already filed your taxes and waiting for your refund? Learn more about where your Kansas state tax refund is.
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The OBBB is now also being referred to by lawmakers as the Working Families Tax Cut Act. You may see one or both names used here, but they refer to the same set of tax changes.
Citations
Kansas Department of Revenue. “2025 Individual Income Tax Booklet.” Accessed 27 July 2026.
Kansas Department of Revenue. “Notice 24-08: Changes to Individual Income Tax.” Accessed 27 July 2026.
Kansas Department of Revenue. “2025 Kansas Tax Legislation and Related Guidance Documents.” Accessed 27 July 2026.