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Kansas tax advocate outlines duties; lawmakers consider establishing property‑tax advocate position
Summary
Bob Cleland, Kansas Department of Revenue taxpayer advocate for sales and income taxes, described his role helping taxpayers and preparing correspondence and dispute resolution. Lawmakers discussed whether to create a parallel taxpayer-advocate role focused on property-tax valuation disputes.
Bob Cleland, tax advocate at the Kansas Department of Revenue, described his office’s mission to help taxpayers and reduce administrative appeals during the committee’s Oct. 15 session. Cleland said the position was established to address taxpayer problems across the department’s administered taxes and to provide a consistent, documented process for resolving disputes: “My position is to cover every tax that's administered…
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