Kansas Senate Gives Club Chain Tax Breaks Because It Competes With Government

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The decades-old debate about unfair competition in the fitness marketplace came to a head this week in Kansas, where state senators passed a bill designed to give property and sales tax exemptions to a Wichita-based chain of health clubs.

As reported by the Topeka Capital-Journal, Senate Bill 252 passed Tuesday by a narrow 24-16 vote. It creates the aforementioned tax breaks for certain businesses that "compete" against governments that offer substantially the same goods or services.

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