Starting July 1, 2026, you pay no Kansas sales tax on up to $24,000 of purchases a year. Tobacco, electronic cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and motor vehicles are not covered. Your spouse or an authorized household member can make exempt purchases on your behalf, and an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran who was receiving the exemption at the time of death can continue it.
The exemption starts July 1, 2026. Contact the Kansas Department of Revenue or a KOVS veteran service representative for the claiming process, which the source does not describe.
Your DD214 showing an honorable discharge and your VA rating letter showing a 100 percent total and permanent service-connected rating or a determination of unemployability. A surviving spouse also needs the death certificate and marriage certificate.
