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Since 1937 Kansas imposed a compensating use tax on goods purchased from outside Kansas and used, stored or consumed in Kansas. Its purpose is to protect Kansas retailers from unfair competition from out-of-state retailers who sell goods tax-free by applying a tax on these items equal to the Kansas rate.

The state sales tax rate in Kansas is 6.5%. In Wichita, the local sales tax rate is 1% (for Sedgwick County); the total sales tax rate is 7.5%. Sellers based out-of-state also charge sales tax based on the destination of the buyer.

Tax-exempt goods Examples include farm machinery and equipment, prescription drugs, and some medical devices. We recommend businesses review the laws and rules put forth by the Kansas Department of Revenue to stay up to date on which goods are taxable and which are exempt, and under what conditions.

Whether the order is placed over the Internet or through traditional means, if a company has nexus in the state to which the product is being shipped, sales tax should be billed, collected, and remitted to the state of the ship to address.

Individual Kansas consumers buying goods in other states or through catalogs, mail-order companies, over the Internet, or from television, magazine or newspaper advertisements must pay Kansas Consumers Compensating Use Tax on these purchases if the seller does not charge a tax of at least 6.50 percent.

If the retailers sells merchandise to be shipped or delivered to the purchaser out-of-state, then the sales is considered to occur out-of-state, and no Kansas sales tax is due. The out-of-state purchaser may owe compensating use tax in the state where the purchaser is located.

Kansas use tax is no longer reported on Kansas state returns starting with tax year 2022. If you purchased items to be used or stored in Kansas but did not pay sales tax on those items, you must pay Use Tax to Kansas.

Generally speaking, if an online retailer maintains a physical presence in a state that charges a sales tax on most purchases, then that online retailer must charge sales tax on any items that are sold to customers within the home state.