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/seminars credit card form.xls (Excel format)

audit fees credit card form.xls (Excel format)

seminars credit card form.xls (Excel format)

Completing the workshops/seminars 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 either workshop or seminar, date of class, and the last 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 2012, the 2011 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

The appropriation bills passed by the 2010 Legislature as found in the 2011 Session Laws of Kansas, Vol. 2, Ch. 118, Sec. 97(b) requires 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:

- 0.12% 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, 2012, the IRS mileage rate is 55.5 cents per mile for business miles driven. For the final six months of 2011 (July 1 through December 31) the IRS mileage rate was 55.5 cents per mile for business miles driven. For the first six months of 2011, the IRS mileage rate was 51 cents per mile for business miles driven. For 2010, the IRS mileage rate was 50 cents per mile for business miles driven. The mileage rate for 2009 was 55 cents per mile for business miles driven. The mileage rate for the period January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008 was 50.5 cents per mile for business miles driven, and from July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 the mileage rate for business miles driven was 58.5 cents per mile. The IRS mileage rate for 2007 was 48.5 cents per mile for business miles driven The IRS mileage rate for 2006 was 44.5 cents per mile for business miles driven.

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 .

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.