Kansas
Walmart to issue refunds for Kansas customers taxed twice
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Walmart mentioned on Wednesday that clients who had been taxed twice are eligible for a refund. The problem occurred as Kansas’ decrease gross sales tax on groceries went into impact at the start of the 12 months.
The retailer issued the next assertion concerning the error:
“On Jan. 1, after the lowered state gross sales tax fee on meals gadgets went into impact in Kansas, some clients had been mistakenly charged the upper, outdated fee, together with the brand new fee. The problem has been resolved, and we apologize for any inconvenience,
Clients in search of a refund or with questions ought to carry their receipt to their native Walmart retailer and converse to a member of administration.”
The brand new grocery tax is 4% against the 6.5% normal gross sales tax. A number of of you reached out inquiring as to why you had been seeing a 5% tax in your groceries. That’s because of the native gross sales tax, which in Sedgwick County is 1%.
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