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Business groups urge preserving HPIP, PEAK and aviation credit; propose sunsetting underused incentives and new small‑business credit
Summary
Representatives from the Kansas Chamber, Wichita Regional Chamber, local economic development practitioners and tax advisers told the Senate Commerce Committee they support keeping HPIP and PEAK while sunsetting underused credits, extending Angel and Aviation credits and creating a small‑business job/investment credit targeted at rural and distressed urban areas.
Business and economic development representatives told the Senate Commerce Committee they support targeted modernization of the incentive portfolio but opposed wholesale elimination of Kansas’s flagship programs.
What they said
- The Kansas Chamber and Wichita Regional Chamber said the High‑Performance Incentive Program (HPIP) and PEAK remain “foundational” tools for attracting manufacturing and capital‑intensive projects. They stressed that comparable states — including Tennessee, Indiana and Oklahoma — use similar packages.
- Chamber and business‑group proposals included a targeted “clean up” of…
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