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Heidi Humphreys tapped to lead Colorado Department of Revenue
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Long-time state employee Heidi Humphreys was appointed executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue on Thursday. Humphreys replaces Mark Ferrandino as leader of the agency, which oversees the state divisions of motor vehicles, marijuana, taxation, natural medicine, liquor enforcement, gaming and lottery. Ferrandino, who held the role since November 2020, was made director of the Office of State…
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Colorado fails to inspect dozens of marijuana businesses, audit finds
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At least 75 Colorado dispensaries haven’t been inspected by the state in the last four years. An audit released Monday uncovered wildly inconsistent inspections among Colorado marijuana businesses. Dozens of dispensaries haven’t received any targeted inspections or underage compliance checks since 2019, the audit found. In that same timeframe, one dispensary was inspected 19 times. From…
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Polis vetoes bill requiring driver’s education for Coloradans under 21 to get a license
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Gov. Jared Polis shot down a bill Tuesday that would have required Coloradans under the age of 21 to complete driver’s education and training to be eligible for a driver’s license. Under the bill, Coloradans younger than 18 would have had to finish a 30-hour driver’s education course and receive six hours of behind-the-wheel training…
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Thousands of Coloradans didn’t get $750 refund checks. Here’s what to do if you’re one of them.
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Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation in May to send $750 refund checks to Colorado taxpayers by September – but for thousands of people, those checks never came. Around 3.1 million Colorado residents who filed 2021 state taxes by June 30 were eligible to get $750 for individual tax filers and $1,500 for joint filers from the…
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After working to undermine TABOR for decades, Polis, Democrats now tout tax refund
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After working to undermine the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights for decades, Democrats now sing a different tune, embracing the voter-approved system’s granting of refunds to Coloradans. Indeed, Democrats, who pushed through legislation to send next year’s tax refund this month instead, are also no longer avoiding the “T” word. Under that legislation, the early TABOR…
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Colo.’s draft rules on cannabis inhalers, suppositories draw lively debate
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Colorado’s first step toward regulating some of the newest ways to ingest marijuana and cannabis got off to a lively start Monday when a working group of state regulators, industry professionals and community activists met in Golden to debate just how that would work. The group included regulators from the Colorado Department of Public Health…
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New Colorado marijuana excise taxes go into effect Jan. 1
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Marijuana sales licensees will see three changes to retail excise taxes take effect Jan. 1. The Colorado Department of Revenue says the changes will provide additional clarity on the taxes paid by retail sellers. Beginning at the start of the year, a tax will no longer be collected for contaminated product for extraction, but two new…
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Don’t forget to set aside sales taxes on Cyber Monday, Colorado Department of Revenue reminds consumers
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Next Monday is “Cyber Monday,” or the day that online retailers are hoping that you haven’t spent up your holiday budget just yet. Last year consumers spent $3.45 billion in online purchases on Cyber Monday, the largest one-day online sales record in history, according to Fortune. Not to be a Grinch, but the Colorado Department…
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At least they have a sense of humor
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The scariest of government agencies is usually the one that collects the taxes. For Halloween, the Colorado Department of Revenue either celebrated that scary reputation or poked a little fun at it with a dazzling array of witches, zombies, “Where’s Waldo” Waldos and an impressive Mona Lisa. Photos by Marianne Goodland
