Municipal Services

FY2025 Budget Workbooks, Tools and Tax Estimates

2025 Budget Workbooks

Preparing the Budget - Documents Needed (.pdf)

Budget Checklist and Timeline (.pdf)

Budget Amendment Workbooks

Alcohol Tax Estimates for the 2025 Budgets (.pdf)

City and County Special Highway Fund Estimates for 2025 - Cities (.pdf) 

City and County Special Highway Fund Estimates for 2025 - Counties (.pdf)

KSA 79-2988/Revenue Neutral Rate Resources

Audit Filing Fee - Rate Increase Effective August 1, 2023

Effective August 1, 2023, the audit filing fees will increase to the following rates: 

• $200 for Rural Water Districts and education entities

• $300 for all other municipalities

Any audit filing submitted to Municipal Services on or after August 1, 2023, will be subject to the increased filing fee, regardless of the audit year being submitted. Note: If you've previously received an invoice for the prior rates, the prior rate is still effective for that audit filing. 

Please review the Municipal Audit Submission Instructions, and distribute to the appropriate municipal officials, staff, experts, etc.

Audit Resources

Audit Filing Instructions

Audit and AUP Credit Card Authorization Form (Aug-2023)

How to Locate an Auditor or Audit Firm (.docx)

Information for Your Auditor (July 2020) (.docx)

Information for Your Auditor (July 2021) (.docx)

Information for Your Auditor (July 2022) (.docx)

Information for Your Auditor (July 2023)

Information for Your Auditor (July 2024)

Budget Resources

Instructions for E-budget Submissions (.doc)

Budget Transfers - Counties (.docx)

Budget Transfers - Cities (.docx)

Budget Transfers - Townships (.docx)

Budget Transfers - Special Districts (.docx)

Non-Budgeted Funds - Counties (.docx)

Non-Budgeted Funds - Cities (.docx)

Non-Budgeted Funds - Townships (.docx)

Non-Budgeted Funds - Special Districts (.docx)

Checklist for Amending the Budget (.docx)

County Clerk's Checklist for Budgets (.docx)

Creating, Adopting, and Submitting Your Budget (.docx)

Calendars

Calendar - City Clerks (.doc)

Calendar - County Clerks (.doc)

Calendar - County Treasurers (.doc)

Calendar - Redevelopment Districts (.docx)

Confirmations

Confirmation of State Payments

Confirmations - State Revolving Funds

Audit Filings

Municipal Audits

Budget Filings

Municipal Budgets

Frequently Asked Questions - Budget Law

10-Day Rule (.docx)

Amending the Budget (.docx)

Budget Hearing (.docx)

Copy and Paste Signed Certificate Page Into Budget (.docx)

Employee Benefits Fund (.docx)

Failure to Submit an Adopted Budget (.docx)

Fund Balances, Fund Creation, Fund Miscellaneous (.docx)

Libraries (.docx)

Mill Rate Higher Than Mill Rate Adopted (.docx)

Mill Rate Limits (.docx)

Non-Budgeted Funds (.docx)

Publication of the Proposed Budget (.docx)

Recreation Commission Budgets (.excel)

Signing the Budget Document (.docx)

Special Highway Fund-Gas Tax (.docx)

Statement of Indebtedness Form (.docx)

Submitting an Adopted Budget (.docx)

Townships (.docx)

Transfers (.docx)

Valuation to Use in Setting Levies (.docx)

Frequently Asked Questions - Audit Law

Auditing in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book) (.docx)

KMAAG (.docx)

Statutory Audit Threshold (.docx)

Statutory Basis vs. GAAP Financial Statements (.docx)

Municipalities

Ad Valorem Levy Rates and Tax Payment Due Dates

Cemetery Annual Report Form (excel)

Cemetery Annual Report Workbook (excel)

Township Annual Report Workbook (excel)

Township Annual Report Workbook (No Formulas) (excel)

County Treasurer and County Clerk Budget Forms (excel)

County Tax Levy Sheets

GAAP Waiver Procedures (.docx)

Information About CDARS (.docx)

2024 Interest Rate on Utility Deposits (.docx)

Mileage Rates FY 202 (.docx)

Purchases Off of State Contracts (.docx)

Recreation Commission Budget Tracking Workbook (excel)

Township Disorganization - Guideline (.docx)

Vendor Payment Self-Service (.docx)

Other

Audit and AUP Credit Card Authorization Form (.pdf)

2024 Budget Workshop Credit Card Authorization Form (.pdf)

Municipal Services Fee Schedule (.docx)

How to Compute the Value of One Mill (excel)

Target Budgeting Workbook (excel)

Outside Agency Resources

Kansas Association of Counties

Kansas County Clerks and Election Officials Association

Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Property Valuation

Kansas Pooled Money Investment Board

Kansas Society of CPAs

League of Kansas Municipalities

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