According to Kansas Instructions for Form K-40, “You must file a Kansas individual income tax return to receive any refund of taxes withheld, regardless of the amount of total income.”
Residents
If you were a Kansas resident for the entire year, you must file a Kansas individual income tax return if you are required to file a federal income tax return or your Kansas adjusted gross income is more than the total of your Kansas standard deduction and exemption allowance.
You must file a Kansas return if:
Single
- Under age 65, gross income is at least $5,750
- Age 65 or older OR Blind, gross income is at least $6,600
- Age 65 or older AND Blind, gross income is at least $7,450
Married Filing Joint
- Both spouses under age 65, gross income is at least $12,500
- One spouse is age 65 or older OR Blind, gross income is at least $13,200
- Both spouses age 65 or older OR Blind, gross income is at least $13,900
- One spouse age 65 or older AND Blind, gross income is at least $13,900
- One spouse age 65 or older OR Blind and One spouse over age 65 AND Blind, gross income is at least $14,600
- Both spouses age 65 or older AND Blind, gross income is at least $15,300
Head of Household
- Under age 65, gross income is at least $10,500
- Age 65 or older or Blind, gross income is at least $11,350
- Age 65 or older AND Blind, $12,200
Married Filing Separate
- Under age 65, gross income is at least $6,250
- Age 65 or older OR Blind, gross income is at least $6,950
- Age 65 or older AND Blind, gross income is at least $7,650
Your Kansas filing status MUST be the same as your federal filing status. If your federal filing status is Qualifying Widow(er) with Dependent Child, check the Head of Household box. If you and your spouse file a joint federal return, you must file a joint Kansas return, even if one of you is a nonresident. If you each file separate federal returns, you must file separate Kansas returns.
Kansas law provides that if a husband or wife is a resident of Kansas while the other is a nonresident of Kansas, and file a Married Filing Joint federal return, they must file a Married Filing Joint Kansas
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