Tag: Flat Tax
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Colorado Title Board rejects challenges to graduated income tax ballot measure
The state body that determines whether a ballot measure contains a single subject has rejected challenges to eight versions of the push to change Colorado’s flat rate to a graduated income tax, thereby increasing the taxes on higher income earners. Opponents argued that the proposals wouldn’t just hike the taxes on higher-income individuals — they…
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A ‘progressive’ tax on Coloradans? No thanks | Jimmy Sengenberger
Colorado’s flat-rate income tax is under attack — and if the perpetrators succeed, voters will open the gates to Trojan horses disguised as “fairness,” “priorities” and “progress.” After two failed attempts, the title board approved Initiative 181 for signature-gathering. The measure would replace the flat tax Coloradans have enjoyed since 1987, when voters wisely abandoned…
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EDITORIAL: Any Coloradans for a multibillion-dollar tax hike?
The third time was the charm last week for efforts to place a $4.1 billion-a-year income-tax hike on next year’s statewide ballot — though all it meant was that its backers got the go-ahead from the state to begin gathering voters’ signatures. Two previous and nearly identical proposals for higher taxes and bigger government had…
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EDITORIAL: Tax hike detoured — for now
Hard-pressed Colorado taxpayers can breathe a bit easier following the derailment last week of an income tax hike proposed for next year’s statewide ballot. The state’s Title Board — the official gatekeeper for ballot proposals — rejected an attempt to ask voters to replace the state’s 4.4% income tax on all Coloradans with a graduated,…
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Proponents talk taxing the rich to balance the budget
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Proponents of cutting taxes for most Coloradans and raising them for richer ones talked about why in an online forum put on by the Colorado League of Women Voters Wednesday night. The Fair Tax, as it’s called, would net about $2 billion a year for…