taxpayer’s bill of rights
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders whether Lakewood violated TABOR in expanding phone provider tax
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether Lakewood violated the state constitution by expanding the scope of a 1969 tax ordinance twice in the last three decades to encompass cell phone providers — but without holding a popular vote. A Jefferson County judge believed the city’s actions failed to comply with the 1992…
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2021 transportation bill did not violate TABOR, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court rejected a legal challenge on Thursday to a major piece of a 2021 law that created new funding sources for the state’s transportation system. Americans for Prosperity, a conservative Virginia-based advocacy group with a chapter in Colorado, sought to strike down Senate Bill 260 and block various government-owned business from collecting fees until voters…
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Colorado Democratic Party endorses Polis’ property tax measure
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Colorado Democrats officially backed both of the ballot measures that voters will face this November. The Colorado Democratic Party’s state central committee voted on Thursday to endorse Proposition HH and Proposition II. The two measures, referred to the ballot by the state legislature, are the only statewide issues up for consideration in the upcoming election. “Colorado Democrats are…
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New IRS guidance could potentially tax Colorado’s TABOR refunds
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Only six months ago, Coloradans breathed a sigh of relief when the Internal Revenue Service announced it would not take out federal taxes on refunds from Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. But now Colorado officials worry that taxability of the refunds is once again being called into question under new guidance released by the IRS on Wednesday,…
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Conservative groups form coalition against reducing TABOR refunds
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A dozen conservative organizations formed a coalition Thursday to advocate against legislative efforts to reduce refunds from the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. This announcement comes one day after Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law asking for voter approval to provide property tax relief by dipping into the TABOR surplus, which pays for the refunds. The groups…
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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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State Supreme Court turns down Hickenlooper on Gallagher/TABOR review
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The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in downtown Denver is the home of the Colorado Supreme Court, the state Court of Appeals and the office of the state attorney general.(istock/getty images) The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from Gov. John Hickenlooper that sought to resolve what he believes are conflicts…
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Amendment 72: The flawed fiscal logic behind raising tobacco taxes
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Sure, why not triple the state cigarette tax, as Amendment 72 on the Colorado ballot proposes? It’s no bucks out of my billfold, and look who’s for it: Every goodthink organization you can think of, from the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado right…
