taxes

VIDEO: Colorado Property Tax Video Series 0
- FISCAL
- April 4, 2023
Under current law, residential property taxes are set to increase by over 30 percent on average across Colorado. Such increases will come as a shock to homeowners who until recently were protected from large property tax increases like this by the Gallagher Amendment in the state constitution. Renters will see the impact of the tax
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Destroying Falsehoods Behind ‘You Didn’t Build That!’0
- CONSTITUTION
- November 22, 2022
This particular piece of sophistry is particularly beguiling, because it relies on several hidden fallacies….
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Independence Institute Comments on 2nd Initiative 31 Draft Analysis – Income Tax Cut 0
- Updates
- August 3, 2022
The state constitution requires the state to produce a voter information booklet, commonly known as the “Blue Book,” on every legislatively referred and citizen initiated measure to appear on the statewide election ballot. The booklet, prepared by Legislative Council Staff (LCS), must provide fair and impartial analysis of each measure. LCS solicits comments from the
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Reducing state income tax a counter to recession 0
- Opinion Editorials
- August 2, 2022
Reducing state income tax a counter to recession Today at 8:30 a.m., the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will release second quarter GDP numbers. If it reports negative economic growth as economists expect, then a technical recession has already begun in the United States. Colorado can insulate itself by reducing the state income tax. Understanding why
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Inflation makes the case for lowering Colorado’s income tax 0
- Opinion Editorials
- August 2, 2022
Inflation makes the case for lowering Colorado’s income tax Inflation hit another 40-year high in June, according to federal inflation data released yesterday. Coloradans have taken the fight against rising costs into their own hands with a citizens’ initiative to lower the income tax rate and put the state on a path to zero. Last
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Independence Institute Comments on Initiative 31 Draft Analysis – Income Tax Cut 0
- Updates
- July 11, 2022
The state constitution requires the state to produce a voter information booklet, commonly known as the “Blue Book,” on every legislatively referred and citizen initiated measure to appear on the statewide election ballot. The booklet, prepared by Legislative Council Staff (LCS), must provide fair and impartial analysis of each measure. LCS solicits comments from the
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