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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill establishes mandatory cash-transaction rounding rules to the nearest nickel for sales tax
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died on Calendar
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas House Bill 2797 establishes mandatory cash-transaction rounding rules for final transaction amounts to the nearest nickel while keeping noncash transactions rounded to the nearest cent. Under the measure, transactions under $0.05 round up to $0.05, transactions ending in 1, 2, 6, or 7 cents round down, and transactions ending in 3, 4, 8, or 9 cents round up. The bill died in committee during the 2025-2026 legislative session.
Cash-paying consumers and retail businesses across Kansas would have adjusted to mandatory cash-rounding rules at checkouts without altering the underlying tax owed or collected.
- House Bill 2797 was introduced in the 2025-2026 Kansas legislative session by the House Committee on Taxation and died in committee. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Retailers
Entities accepting cash payments must apply consistent and transparent rounding practices to the final transaction amount at the point of sale.
Cash-paying consumers
Consumers paying with cash experience rounding of their final transaction totals to the nearest nickel.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How would cash transactions under five cents be handled under this bill?
Does this rounding rule change the amount of sales tax owed?
How are noncash transactions affected by the bill?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
5 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied on Calendar
- Mar 16, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Mar 11, 2026HouseHearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S
- Mar 10, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Taxation
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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