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SB 332KANSASSession 2025-2026State Billdead

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Kansas excludes auction buyer's premiums from real estate sale prices for property tax valuation

Original title: AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to the real estate sales validation questionnaire; excluding third-party intermediary premiums, charges, commissions or fees charged to a buyer from the sale price of property for purposes of the real estate sales validation questionnaire and property valuation; amending K.S.A. 79-1437d and repealing the existing section.

Last action · April 10, 2026: Died on Calendar

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What This Bill Proposed

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AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to the real estate sales validation questionnaire; excluding third-party intermediary premiums, charges, commissions or fees charged to a buyer from the sale price of property for purposes of the real estate sales validation questionnaire and property valuation; amending K.S.A. 79-1437d and repealing the existing section.

Background

Real estate sales validation questionnaires are utilized by Kansas county appraisers and the state director of property valuation to determine the fair market value of real estate transactions for ad valorem property tax purposes. context
Buyer's premiums are common fees charged by auction houses to individuals who successfully bid on properties, separate from the final hammer price remitted to the seller. context

Who It Would Have Affected

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Directly affected

real estate purchasers at auction

Buyer's premiums and intermediary fees paid at auction are excluded from property valuation calculations used for tax purposes.

Directly affected

property taxpayers

Directly affected

director of property valuation

Oversees the real estate sales validation questionnaire and property valuation standards.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What fees are excluded from the real estate sale price?

Third-party intermediary premiums, charges, commissions, or fees charged to and paid by a buyer for auction services that are separately stated in writing and where no part of the fee goes to the property seller.

Does this change affect property taxes?

Yes, by excluding buyer's auction fees from the property's sale price used for s, it prevents those extra fees from inflating the property valuation used for purposes.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died in committee.

Procedural history

5 actions

Apr 10, 2026Senate
Died on Calendar
Feb 16, 2026SenateFloor
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
Feb 4, 2026Senate
Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S
Jan 16, 2026SenateCommittee
Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Jan 15, 2026SenateIntroduced
Introduced

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