Two tax-break expansions overcoming obstacles, advancing through Legislature
Despite a budget deficit that nixed most other bills that reduced money to the state government, renewals and expansions of two existing tax credits appear…
Taxes
Sponsors gut bill that sought to shrink tax cuts — but promise to restart fight in 2026
Sponsors significantly pared down a bill Monday that had sought to roll back tax breaks for insurers, software purchasers and enterprise-zone investors — but vowed…
Bill would curb tax breaks for insurers, software and enterprise-zone investment
Colorado legislators are considering a rewrite of the state’s tax code that would curtail incentives now offered to certain industries — including telecommunications and oil…
Legislators have a business tax-break plan — and opposition to it
After considering several options to reduce the business-personal-property tax burden, Colorado legislators appear interested in backing a plan that would nix a rarely used tax…
Legislators considering bills to reduce “trigger audits”
Multiple medium- to large-sized companies say that they’ve been targeted for audits over and over by groups of a dozen or more municipalities in recent…
Bill signing, initiative withdrawal sets November ballot at 14 measures
Colorado’s November ballot took its final 14-initiative shape Wednesday as Gov. Jared Polis signed a tax-cut bill resulting in the withdrawal of two high-profile initiatives…
Here’s the details of the other tax break legislators passed during the special session
Colorado legislators who focused heavily on cutting property taxes for homeowners during this week’s special session also approved one other tax break — one specifically…
Legislature sends tax break to governor as ballot proponents prepare to withdraw Initiatives 50 and 108
Colorado legislators on Thursday finished the task of sending a “small but very meaningful” expansion of a previously approved tax break to Gov. Jared Polis,…
With two key votes, legislators are poised to back brokered special-session tax cut
Colorado senators Wednesday advanced a property-tax cut and nixed a separate measure that could have made it harder to pass future statewide tax breaks, despite…
Property-tax-cut bill sponsors soften revenue caps but fend off major changes
Sponsors of the special legislative session’s centerpiece property-tax-reduction bill amended it to make it easier for local governments to grow more quickly after economic slowdowns…