Tag: Tabor
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Report: Colorado government has grown beyond TABOR’s limits
Colorado’s government has grown substantially over the past three decades beyond the limits that voters approved to restrain that expansion, according to a new report from a think tank. The analysis from the Independence Institute, which examines state spending, revenue sources, and employment trends since the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights went into effect in 1992,…
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Colorado title board OKs ballot measures to eliminate flat income tax in favor of graduated brackets
Proponents hoping to change Colorado’s income tax structure from a flat rate to graduated tiers — thereby raising taxes for some brackets — walked away from a Wednesday meeting with eight ballot measures approved by the title board. The coalition backing the graduated income tax change now must pick which one to move onto the…
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Political hubris drives tone-deaf pols | Jimmy Sengenberger
When news finally broke that veteran Hollywood producer Kathleen Kennedy was stepping down as president of Lucasfilm, Ltd. — the Disney-owned company behind the Star Wars franchise — it was as if millions of fans suddenly cried out in joy. Kennedy was handpicked before Lucasfilm’s sale to Disney by founder George Lucas, whose legacy includes…
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PERSPECTIVE: They’re trying — again — to take away our TABOR
Surprising no one, they’re back at it again. Democrats in the state legislature have announced they’ll be running a bill to place a referendum on the 2026 ballot to take away our TABOR refunds. It’s not like this hasn’t been tried before. Voters’ preferences are clear, but the liberals seem to purposely misunderstand. What’s more,…
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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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Colorado title board rejects graduated income tax ballot measures
Colorado’s title board on Wednesday unanimously rejected two ballot measure proposals submitted by a policy think tank that would change the state’s flat income tax rate — in which everyone currently pays the same rate of 4.41% — to a graduated income tax, where people with incomes of up to $500,000 would get a small…
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Colorado Orphan Wells Mitigation Enterprise Board adds new $115 annual fee
Colorado levied another fee on oil and gas operators in Colorado to pay for closing and cleaning up another category of wells called marginal wells, defined in the statute as “an oil and gas well that presents a high risk of becoming orphaned.” The new $115-per-year fee, which is expected to raise about $5 million…
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RTD Board of Directors seeks to extend TABOR exemptions
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bypassing TABOR is on the agenda for the Regional Transportation District via a resolution adopted by the transit system’s board of directors. The board submitted a ballot question that would free RTD from future revenue limitations of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights — again. If voters…
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Affordable housing initiative makes Colorado’s November ballot
A ballot measure that would generate $270 million annually for affordable housing is headed for voter review after qualifying for the ballot. Proponents for Initiative #108 turned in 149,072 valid signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office and of those signatures, clearing the 124,632-vote threshold required to qualify for the election. “We’re thrilled that this…
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Colorado launches free tax clinics to help residents qualify for $750 refund checks
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Though distribution of the $750 Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refund checks began this month, it’s not too late for Coloradans to file their taxes and qualify. The state is providing free tax clinics over the next two months to help residents file state taxes by the extended Oct. 17 deadline, Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday.…