Does Kansas tax Social Security benefits?

No. Since tax year 2024, Social Security benefits are fully exempt from Kansas income tax at every income level.

What was the old Kansas rule?

Before 2024, benefits were exempt only if federal AGI was $75,000 or less — a cliff where crossing the line by one dollar made all benefits taxable.

Kansas (KS) • 2026 Tax Year

Does Kansas Tax Social Security?

Kansas stopped taxing Social Security in 2024: a mid-2024 law exempted all benefits retroactively to the start of tax year 2024, replacing the old $75,000 AGI cliff.

State Tax Rate

No SS tax (repealed 2024)

Status

100% exempt since tax year 2024

Key facts about Kansas and Social Security

Kansas’s 2024 tax law exempted 100% of Social Security benefits effective tax year 2024.

It replaced one of the harshest rules in the country — a $75,000 AGI cliff where $1 of extra income made ALL benefits taxable.

Many older articles still list Kansas as a taxing state; that has been wrong since 2024.

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About Kansas Social Security tax

Official Source: Kansas Department of RevenueReviewed by Jackie Payne, RSSA® · Last verified July 2026

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