Municipal Services accepts credit card payments for registration in our budget workshops and municipal seminars and for the payment of a municipality’s audit filing fee.

If your municipality is interested in paying for these services by credit card please select either workshops/seminars credit card form, or for a municipality’s audit filing fee please select audit fees credit card form.

workshops credit card form.xls (Excel format)

audit fees credit card form.xls (Excel format)

Completing the workshops credit card form:

In the first block, please provide the credit card holder’s information
In the second block, please provide the number and type of registration
In the third block, please provide registration for workshop, date of class, and the name of the attendee(s)
Once completed, either fax or mail the form as indicated on the form

Completing the audit fees credit card form:

In the first block, please provide the credit card holder’s information
In the second block, please provide the number of audit payments being submitted
In the third block, please provide the name(s) of the municipality submitting audit fee(s)

Once completed, either fax or mail the form as indicated on the form

Ad Valorem Levy Rate and Tax Payment Due Dates

For the budget year 2013, the 2012 state tax levy rate remains at 1 mill for the Kansas Educational Building Fund (K.S.A. 76-6b01) and .5 mills for the State Institutions Building Fund (K.S.A. 76-6b04).

The due dates for tax payments under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2004 and 79-2004a continue to be December 20th and May 10th.

Annual Report Forms

The following report forms are in Excel format.

Township Annual Report form (no Formulas)
Township Annual Report forms.xls (Excel format)
Cemetery report form (no formulas)
Cemetery report form (formulas).xls (Excel format)

Calendars

Four calendars of key events occurring for city clerks, county clerks, county treasurers, and township officials. Also available, a calendar of significant dates related to Redevelopment Districts.

Fee Schedule for Kansas Municipal Services

Appropriation bills require the Municipal Services Team of the Division of Accounts and Reports to collect fees to cover the cost of all or part of services rendered by the Municipal Services Team.

GAAP Waiver Procedures

Information for your Auditor

Interest Rate on Utility Deposits

K.S.A. 12-822 requires a Kansas utility to pay interest on security deposits. The Kansas Corporation Commission has established the rate at:

- 0.18% for Calendar Year 2013

- 0.12% for Calendar Year 2012

- 0.50% for Calendar Year 2011

- 0.50% for Calendar Year 2010

- 1.00% for Calendar Year 2009

- 3.15% for Calendar Year 2008
- 4.90% for Calendar Year 2007
- 4.40% for Calendar Year 2006
- 2.60% for Calendar Year 2005
- 1.50% for Calendar Year 2004
- 1.50% for Calendar Year 2003
- 2.00% for Calendar Year 2002
- 6.00% for Calendar Year 2001

A complete list of interest rates, including the rate for calendar year 2012, can be found on the Kansas Corporation Commission website at http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/pi/interest_rate.htm.

Kansas Procurement Contracts

The Kansas Division of Purchases maintains the Procurement Contracts on the web. Although some of the contracts are available only to specific agencies, many are available for use by other political subdivisions (cities, counties, school districts, etc.).

Mileage Rates

Beginning on January 1, 2013, the IRS mileage rate is 56.5 cents per mile for business miles driven. The following table provides IRS mileage rates for prior periods (all rates are for business miles driven).

January 1,2012 - December 31, 2012 55.5 cents per mile

July 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011 55.5 cents per mile

January 1, 2011 – June 30, 2011 51.0 cents per mile

January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010 50.0 cents per mile

January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009 55.0 cents per mile

July 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008 58.5 cents per mile

January 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008 50.5 cents per mile

January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007 48.5 cents per mile

January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2006 44.5 cents per mile

Under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3203(c), the governing body of a county, city, or school district may prescribe a mileage rate different from that provided by the state. If a different mileage rate is not prescribed by the governing body of a county, city, or school district, the rate established by the secretary of administration shall be the rate applicable to officers and employees of such county, city, or school district. The state’s mileage rate can be found in the State of Kansas On-line Employee Travel Expense Reimbursement Handbook . For state fiscal year 2013, the rate is 55 cents per mile for privately owned automobile.

Please note that KSA 75-3203a(c) restricts the state’s mileage reimbursement rate to the lowest rate between: (1) the IRS rate currently in effect; (2) the rate used in preparing the Governor’s budget; and (3) any rate adjustment authorized by the legislature in their approval of the Governor’s budget.

New Revenue at a Very Small Cost

Have delinquent accounts receivables and need help collecting them? The Accounts Receivable Setoff Program can provide the help and in turn generate new revenue for you at a very small cost. Visit our website at http://www.da.ks.gov/ar/setoff/ to find out how we can help.