Legislators announce, advance bipartisan bill to reduce property taxes
On the last possible day to do so, a bipartisan group of legislators announced a deal Monday to reduce property taxes for homes and commercial…
Taxes
In shift, appointed commission proposes cap on property-tax revenue increases
Faced with the increasing likelihood of having to contend with a tax-revenue cap initiative on the November ballot, the appointed Commission on Property Tax pivoted…
Details of property-tax cut proposal revealed
Commercial properties would receive gradually increasing tax breaks over the next eight years, homeowners would get breaks based on property values and the Legislature would…
Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers overwhelming defeat
A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing Tuesday, even…
10-point property tax commission recommendation includes flexible tax-revenue cap
A state commission on Friday recommended a 10-point plan to reduce tax pain caused by rising property valuations, including continuation of soon-to-expire residential tax breaks,…
Four long-term property tax fixes rising to top of special commission’s discussions
Rather than capping property-tax increases, a legislatively appointed commission is looking at making it less painful for state residents to pay property taxes through several…
Property tax commission narrowing in on proposals that differ from ballot initiatives
Members of a commission tasked with developing a long-term solution to Colorado’s spiking property-tax values heard from proponents of competing ballot measures on the subject…
Short-term rental taxation: The statewide issue riling mountain-town business leaders
While the Colorado Legislature is considering a host of bills this session that will impact businesses statewide, one measure — on short-term rentals — is…
Legislators looking to make sales-tax remittance easier for businesses
Seven years after Colorado began planning how to implement a one-stop sales-tax calculation and remittance system for retailers and three-and-a-half years after that system went…
Polis offers ambitious goals for housing, environment, taxes in State of the State
Gov. Jared Polis spanned the political spectrum in his State of the State Address Thursday, calling for big transit spending and more environmental-justice regulations but…